Byron Dorgan: “My hope is that as he continues to consider this issue, he will be the last to come to the aid of Fat Albert, having…”

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

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.

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

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