Byron Dorgan: “Indian Country is suffering, we believe, an epidemic of sexual and domestic violence against women.”

The status quo will not be tolerated.

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

The question is not the endpoint. The question is what is the route to get to that endpoint.

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.