Naabik’iyati Committee having very heated debate on Delegate Edmund Yazzie’s Legislation 0091-14 to nullify Resources and Development Committee legislation that created RDC Subcommittee to draft agreement with URI for in-situ uranium mining demonstration project near Church Rock, NM.

DELEGATE WALTER PHELPS wants to make a motion to have Legislation 0091-14 go back to RDC but Speaker Pro Temp Bates reminds Phelps that he recognized him under Point of Order and so he can’t make motion and so he is going to Legislation 0091-14 Sponsor Delegate Edmund Yazzie.

DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE
There is no rule for Challenge of Speaker Pro Temp Bates ruling.

SPEAKER PRO TEM BATES
If it’s not prohibited then it is possible.

DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE
And so you are saying that unwriten rules exisit.

DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE
This legislation concerns Church Rock, NM, and Council passed laws regarding uranium, which devastated Church Rock. And because of devastation of uranium, it decided by tribe, state and federal government that uranium has to stop.

And rule mandate that committee subcommittees be approved by Naabi.

SPEAKER PRO TEMP BATES
under law, any committee may establish subcommittee

DELEGATE TSOSIE
question wat Delegate Yazzie saying that only naabi can create committee subcommitte so i ask him to cite law and NDOJ attorney Taylor can advise him all he wants. if not case then delegates intentionally lying to Naabi. if true then Naabi can take away subcommittee. we are doing this all wrong cuz of ill guided advice by lawyers. now we have delegates lying to us.