Byron Dorgan actually said...

I am enormously pleased that he will now fulfill the role that Senator Murkowski filled in the last Congress.

I think the advice a couple of you have given us today of not reintroducing the same bill, is good advice.

I would like to thank Senator Dorgan, Senator Murkowski, and indeed the entire Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for all of their hard work...

We are not discouraged. In fact, we have great hope that our long struggle will bear fruit in the 111th Congress.