Byron Dorgan: “Retirement programs and health care programs, Medicare and Medicaid. Each year more people become eligible for Medicare…”

Now, we need to change. We need to do it quickly and effectively.

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.

A user fee structure...would provide a stable stream of funding.

I think what Governor Engler indicated is the most important point, and that is the stability of funding for a project of this type is essential.