Byron Dorgan: “the question is, Are they parallel? And I--and, you know, that's the issue, it seems to me.”

The Indian Health Service has failed their patients.

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 do not support privatization. I told you what I do support and why.

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.