Byron Dorgan: “I've already asked the Corps districts that cover North Dakota to do as much advance preparation as is possible.”

They need our help because we are the ones who made the promise and we are the ones not keeping it.

We have to shine all the spotlights on one spot and figure out not only what is happening, but how on earth do we fix it.

The problems facing American Indian and Alaska Native children are so significant that only concerted action by the Executive branch agencies and Congress would begin to address them.

A user fee structure...would provide a stable stream of funding.