Byron Dorgan: “We have got to adequately fund firefighting and fire suppression and preparedness, and this is not the case in these…”

The agency promised changes, but the situation has only disintegrated since.

The efficiencies that would be driven from a non-profit corporation...would provide funding as well for excellent and stable and professional management.

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 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.