Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement today on the agreement reached between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the State of Arizona to settle the long-running dispute regarding the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley:

“While I continue to oppose the air-dropping of Indian casinos on land that is not contiguous to an existing reservation, the agreement reached by Governor Ducey and the Tohono O’odham Tribe brings to an end years of prolonged litigation over this issue and eliminates the need for federal legislation. The controversy involving the Tohono O'odham gaming facility in Glendale has divided Arizona's Indian tribes for years, and I hope this agreement will heal those divisions.”

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