Byron Dorgan: “Are you interested in working on both of those to see that the folks who are affected by this oil spill are protected?”

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.

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.

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.

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