Byron Dorgan: “We must recognize the tremendous risk and cost associated with every year that passes without protection in place.”

This is not about politics; everyone on this dais knows that.

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

I know that everyone sitting at this table has a passionate desire to fix these problems.

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.