Byron Dorgan: “I want to invite the folks that run the carriers, themselves, to come to that table.”

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

This is a heavy lift. This is something that needs to be done.

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.

We have now reached the tipping point that requires, in my judgment, action by Congress.