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  1. http://tweetphoto.com/6609078 Elouise Cobell
  2. Cobell settlement hearing is over at 3:34pm!
  3. Cobell thanks SCIA for its oversight. Asks Dorgan for help to pass settlement. Keith Harper (Cherokee) now making brief remarks
  4. Sen Dorgan is only committee member left. Everyone else left!
  5. Sen Dorgan asks about payment schedule. Cobell says people will get checks by fall 2010 if congress acts soon
  6. Cobell says DOI commission set up by Secretary Salazar will help ensure trust reform
  7. Sen Dorgan asks about future. Cobell responds: "I have to believe that they will correct this trust"
  8. Cobell says $1000 means a lot in Indian Country but says many account holders will get more than that
  9. Sen Dorgan asks about reaction. Cobell says about 1 in 10 people have negative response to settlement. Says most have been "ecstatic"
  10. Sen Dorgan asks about scholarships. Cobell says Indian account holders are always looking for ways to help children
  11. Elouise Cobell calls on Congress to "swiftly enact" settlement
  12. Elouise Cobell says scholarship program is one of the best parts of the settlement
  13. Elouise Cobell says settlement needed now because elders are dying
  14. Elouise Cobell acknowledges $3.4B is "far less" than true amount owed to Indian trust account holders
  15. Elouise Cobell says "The settlement from my perspective is not perfect" but says it represents the best deal for Indian account holders
  16. Elouise Cobell says there were 7 failed settlement negotiations
  17. Elouise Cobell now testifying on Cobell settlement
  18. Mass exodus from Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. Reporters chasing after Secretary Salazar
  19. First panel over. Elouise Cobell will testify next
  20. Interior Secretary Salazar offering closing remarks "It truly has been a Herculean effort..It truly is a historic effort"