Byron Dorgan: “This has been lake flooding that is chronic; comes and stays, and now apparently is set to substantially increase.”

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

What you and members of this Committee can do and will do by putting the spotlight on this spot will save lives.

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.

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.