Byron Dorgan: “I think it's really helpful to have had this hearing to keep pressure and pushing and try to understand how do we make…”

The fundamental problem found in the Dorgan report in 2010 and the findings now before the House is IHS, LEADERSHIP was failing then as it is failing now.

You cannot allow this to continue. This is not fair. It is not even legal.

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.

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.