Byron Dorgan: “Unemployment means poverty, in most cases, despair, high suicide rates, dropout rates, poor health, poor housing…”

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.

People's lives are at risk.

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

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