Byron Dorgan: “I think it's clear from this discussion, that we all know we are unbelievably dependent on foreign sources of oil.”

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.

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.

Senator Byron Dorgan's 68-page Report of 2010 addressing the critical conditions of all the Great Plain's Regional IHS was brought to the attention of McSwain.

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