Byron Dorgan: “States should not balance their budgets on the backs of Indian governments. It's patently unfair.”

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

They need our help because we are the ones who made the promise and we are the ones not keeping it.

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.

I do not support privatization. I told you what I do support and why.