Byron Dorgan: “Thank you for holding this hearing and allowing me to speak.”

I think what Governor Engler indicated is the most important point, and that is the stability of funding for a project of this type is essential.

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.

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

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.