Edited sentence: About $300 million a year in federal funding to the Cherokee Nation would be cut and about 6,500 jobs would be put in jeopardy due to Watson’s bill.According to Cherokee Nation Geographical Information Systems, there are nearly 80 Cherokee citizens who live in California’s District 33, but Watson said she did not consult with any of them because the legislation concerns the Oklahoma Freedmen.And our policy controls what we do with taxpayers’ dollars, and if you break the law, we’re not going to benefit you by continuing to give you money.But Watson’s explanation for proceeding with the legislation despite the pending court cases referred to the set-up of the branches of federal government.Congress, it’s her responsibility to make policy for all Americans.Despite being a representative from another state, Watson said as a member of the U.It is Congress, the Legislative Branch of our Federal Government, that makes law as well as policy.It would devastate all of Northeastern Oklahoma.Smith said Watson should let the courts – federal and tribal – handle the matter.That’s the way it’s set up.The Judicial Branch does not make law, it decides law.They do their thing and we make policy.This shows a weak understanding of the Federal Government as set forth in the Constitution.Watson said repeatedly that her bill was narrow and she didn’t want to get “taken in other directions” with questions about American Indian sovereignty, other tribes and the repercussions of the legislation.Watson, who said she has ties to Oklahoma because her grandfather bought land here and her mother’s siblings were born here, also said she is of American Indian descent – that’s why she got involved with the issue.We make the policy and the executive branch has to execute the policy.“I am a descendent of Pocahontas,” Watson said, although she didn’t know the name of the specific tribe – the Powhatan Tribe.“The judicial branch has nothing to do with policy, they make the law.“There are three branches of government: executive branch, legislative branch and judicial branch,” Watson said