Byron Dorgan: “I think the public interest, first and foremost, has to be served here.”

It is a travesty! Further, it is a problem that will continue to have negative impacts for generations to come.

I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.

A user fee structure...would provide a stable stream of funding.

I spent much of my time as Chairman of this committee focused on increasing funding for the IHS and trying to force some systemic changes in the bureaucracy that plagues that agency.