Byron Dorgan: “We hope that you will commit in the hearings to a strong, candid, and really cooperative relationship with the…”

People's lives are at risk.

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.

Senator Dorgan once said it takes four agencies and 49 steps. I think with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, we say it is seven agencies and 100 steps.

I spoke on the floor of the Senate a number of times about general aviation and its importance to this country.