Byron Dorgan: “Talk to me about that, if you would.”

Senator Dorgan once said it takes four agencies and 49 steps. I think with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, we say it is seven agencies and 100 steps.

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.

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