Byron Dorgan: “What if smart grid, as a terminology and as a point of discussion with respect to government policy, just takes a…”

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

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.

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.

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.