Byron Dorgan: “Now, you have a Flood Recovery Task Force, which I know is describing a series of things for recovery.”

The fundamental problem found in the Dorgan report in 2010 and the findings now before the House is IHS, LEADERSHIP was failing then as it is failing now.

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.

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

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