Byron Dorgan: “We are going to begin the hearing today. This is a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.”

What you and members of this Committee can do and will do by putting the spotlight on this spot will save lives.

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

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.