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

You know, I do not know that I can offer you much advice except to say we have painted ourselves into a fiscal policy corner.

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.

We have now reached the tipping point that requires, in my judgment, action by Congress.

I know the word 'privatization' has been used. I did not use it.