Byron Dorgan: “We asked for a Government Accountability Office to conduct an investigation into the Contract Health Service program.”

You know, I do not know that I can offer you much advice except to say we have painted ourselves into a fiscal policy corner.

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.

I just want to say that I am concerned about the court's decision in Carcieri and the impact it may have on those tribes that were recognized after 1934.

We have to shine all the spotlights on one spot and figure out not only what is happening, but how on earth do we fix it.