Byron Dorgan: “the two largest creditors of Iraq are Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The Senator from Illinois is absolutely correct.”

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.

This is not happening.

Safety always comes up. There is always an issue of what is happening around them in their environment that causes them concern about their safety.

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