Byron Dorgan: “I will be laying the amendment down in just about a minute. I am reviewing one piece of it. I will be laying the…”

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

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

Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.

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.