Byron Dorgan: “Well, I've met many of them, and they are an unbelievable group of American men and women, courageous.”

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

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

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.