Byron Dorgan: “Thank you, Senator Dorgan, and I will respect the people here.”

What you and members of this Committee can do and will do by putting the spotlight on this spot will save lives.

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.

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

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.