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Cobell settlement hearing is over at 3:34pm!12:34 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Cobell thanks SCIA for its oversight. Asks Dorgan for help to pass settlement. Keith Harper (Cherokee) now making brief remarks12:33 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Sen Dorgan is only committee member left. Everyone else left!12:32 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Sen Dorgan asks about payment schedule. Cobell says people will get checks by fall 2010 if congress acts soon12:31 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Cobell says DOI commission set up by Secretary Salazar will help ensure trust reform12:30 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Sen Dorgan asks about future. Cobell responds: "I have to believe that they will correct this trust"12:29 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Cobell says $1000 means a lot in Indian Country but says many account holders will get more than that12:28 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Sen Dorgan asks about reaction. Cobell says about 1 in 10 people have negative response to settlement. Says most have been "ecstatic"12:27 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Sen Dorgan asks about scholarships. Cobell says Indian account holders are always looking for ways to help children12:26 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell calls on Congress to "swiftly enact" settlement12:25 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell says scholarship program is one of the best parts of the settlement12:25 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell says settlement needed now because elders are dying12:22 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell acknowledges $3.4B is "far less" than true amount owed to Indian trust account holders12:21 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell says "The settlement from my perspective is not perfect" but says it represents the best deal for Indian account holders12:20 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell says there were 7 failed settlement negotiations12:20 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Elouise Cobell now testifying on Cobell settlement12:19 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Mass exodus from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. Reporters chasing after Secretary Salazar12:18 PM Dec 17thfrom web
First panel over. Elouise Cobell will testify next12:17 PM Dec 17thfrom web
Interior Secretary Salazar offering closing remarks "It truly has been a Herculean effort..It truly is a historic effort"12:16 PM Dec 17thfrom web