Byron Dorgan: “I am wondering who is making the decisions in this country about who is too big to fail and who is too small to matter?”

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

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

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.