Byron Dorgan: “I fully understand the sovereignty issue. I think perhaps more than most, I understand that.”

I spent much of my time as Chairman of this committee focused on increasing funding for the IHS and trying to force some systemic changes in the bureaucracy that plagues that agency.

They need our help because we are the ones who made the promise and we are the ones not keeping it.

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

This is not happening.