Byron Dorgan: “Is my understanding correct that there's been a reconnaissance study on that and to move to the next stage would require…”

The problems facing American Indian and Alaska Native children are so significant that only concerted action by the Executive branch agencies and Congress would begin to address them.

You are going to save and improve lives.

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.