Byron Dorgan: “If we don't get serious about the infrastructure, yes, roads, bridges, water projects, you name it, we won't be the kind…”

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

It is a travesty! Further, it is a problem that will continue to have negative impacts for generations to come.

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

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