Byron Dorgan: “It seems to me that the lack of some sort of central goal or aspiration for our country has been prevalent for a long…”

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

What you and members of this Committee can do and will do by putting the spotlight on this spot will save lives.

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.

I know the word 'privatization' has been used. I did not use it.