releases: https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2020/12/sens-tillis-and-burr-call-on-senate-to-give-lumbee-tribe-full-recognition
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| https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2020/12/sens-tillis-and-burr-call-on-senate-to-give-lumbee-tribe-full-recognition | Sens. Tillis and Burr Call on Senate to Give Lumbee Tribe Full Recognition | 2020-12-21 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Republican | House | NC | Thom Tillis | T000476 | www.tillis.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Today,North Carolina SenatorsThom Tillisand Richard Burrspokeon the Senate floor and urgedtheircolleagues to passtheLumbee Recognition Act, legislation they introduced that would officially give the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina federal recognition.The bill was blocked from passing by Senate Democrats. Watch a video of the speechhere. Senator Tillis:I want tothank the Lumbee people for their patience, but quite honestly, we are talking about the ninth-largest tribe in the nation and the largest east of the Mississippi riverWe are so close, there is a compelling case, and it is a century in the making. The fact that we couldn't pass this bill today when it passed unanimously out of the Houseof Representativesjust a month ago is a shame.They have been fighting for it for over a century, and I'm going to fight for it as long as I'm in the U.S. Senate. Senator Burr:Either before or after we swear in the new Congress, I promise my colleagues this place will come to a grinding halt, and we will take it up through regular order, the Lumbee Recognition Act. We will debate it as long as people want to, and we will make the case why this discrimination is despicable. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |