Byron Dorgan: “Our subcommittee will want to work closely with you and with your staff in the Department of Energy as we work through…”

The Indian Health Service has failed their patients.

I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.

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.

I know the word 'privatization' has been used. I did not use it.