Byron Dorgan: “We have had some long, spirited and interesting discussions about Missouri River issues.”

The Indian Health Service has failed their patients.

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

We need and the people in the Great Plains need, concrete results.

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.