Byron Dorgan: “Just two other questions, if I still have time? What is your status with respect to standing up the new B-52 squadron at…”

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

We have now reached the tipping point that requires, in my judgment, action by Congress.

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.

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