and senator magnuson's response was, just wait, it will be your turn soon. so these are two individuals that forged a relationship, and along with jackson, were some of the big giants of our day in the united states senate. and we certainly in the state of washington benefited greatly from senator inouye's incredible help and support. i know that he traveled to our state many times at my request and participated in many different events, but patrol one of the most important things that he did for us in the state of washington was the puellab land claim settlement and how senator inouye led the fight, as the chairman of the indian affairs committee, to make sure that the right thing was done. together with congressman norm dicks, we had a very difficult situation. the puellab tribe, the port and city of tacoma and others all had a difficult dispute going on. the end result was the second largest native american land claim settlement in u.s. history. and the deal led to tremendous economic growth for the tribe, for the port, and for the surrounding communities