It's not my intention to frighten anybody, it's not my intention to suggest we don't have a remarkably safe system.

Does anyone have information of how many regional carriers have had the inspection by IOSA that you described recently?

Let me just conclude by saying that I have flown, I suppose, almost all commercial planes over the many years I've served.

Has the FAA and have standards kept up so that a passenger boarding that plane with those markings can feel it is boarding the plane with the same kind of experience as existed on network carriers' plane?

The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act is about self-determination.

the time has come for us to initiate this proposed process for their people.

the Native Hawaiian people will once again have an opportunity for self-governance and self-determination.

We as Congress have a distinct and undeniable trust responsibility toward the First Americans of the United States.

We need to address the root causes of gang activity in Indian Country.

Safety is very important. And the fact is, the Congress has not done its job.

When you have a reservation such as the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation that I have just described, straddling North and South Dakota, and that reservation, the size of the State of Connecticut, has 9 or 10 police officers to do 24/7 law…

the Congress has not done its job. We have signed the treaties. We have made the promises.

Thank you to you, Senator Dorgan, for having this most important oversight hearing.

we need a better response

We need police officers. We need a court system that is going to prosecute these perpetrators.

Our Nation is facing one of the worst economic downturns in decades.

I do not support the cap-and-trade plan now being debated in Congress. I think it is the wrong solution. I do not support it.

It is absolutely vital. You know, you mention some of these new formations. The oil is not connected.