Byron Dorgan: “I want the BIA to work. I want it to work well for the benefit of the first Americans, American Indians.”

Senator Byron Dorgan's 68-page Report of 2010 addressing the critical conditions of all the Great Plain's Regional IHS was brought to the attention of McSwain.

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

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.