Byron Dorgan: “I am encouraged to see that in some areas, there are proposed increases for programs to address Indian health care and…”

The problems facing American Indian and Alaska Native children are so significant that only concerted action by the Executive branch agencies and Congress would begin to address them.

A user fee structure...would provide a stable stream of funding.

The question is not the endpoint. The question is what is the route to get to that endpoint.

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