Byron Dorgan: “The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act is about self-determination.”

You are going to save and improve 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.

Now, we need to change. We need to do it quickly and effectively.

Obviously the future is education. We have a 50 percent high school dropout rate among Native American youth.