Byron Dorgan: “I believe Dr. Roubideaux will be inheriting an Indian health system that is broken.”

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 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.

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

The question is not the endpoint. The question is what is the route to get to that endpoint.