It appears to me when you talk about 59 percent that were turned down and I believe you indicated 6 percent of those died.

Thank you Senator Dorgan, for your time here today and the diligence serving the American people's interests.

Senator Dorgan, keep the promise that was made and ensure that it is funded adequately and ensure that CHS funds are available so I will not have to write condolences to families who have lost their loved ones unnecessarily.

It should be illegal to make people suffer like this.

I mean, you've got to set a broken wrist so it heals properly.

How about dialysis? Do you have people from your tribe on dialysis?

Right. Ms. Harris wanted to say something, then I'll call on Chairman Sammaripa.

What I don't understand is the criteria by which someone says: We're going to allocate this based on a criteria that seems artificially ignorant.

I was thinking, as you completed the blessing, that among the things I'm very proud about this Committee is the passage some while ago of the Esther Martinez Language Preservation Act.

I hope we'll get that addressed. I just think it's very important that we try to find ways to make sure that when someone testifies they say, 'You know what? This service is great because there are people there we know and we work with…

It's denied.

Well, let me understand that point, though.

Is diabetes a significant problem? Do you have people on dialysis, and, if so, where do they get the dialysis?

My understanding is that $6.7 million that is owed to providers here in this region has grown to nearly $10 million.

This almost seems to me like it would be impossible for someone to make that judgment.

I was able to get $2.5 billion in the Economic Recovery Act, with Senator Reid's help, specifically for Indian Country.

I asked Senator Reid for time to get to the Floor to deal with this Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

We just have to get it fixed.