Byron Dorgan: “I was thinking, as you completed the blessing, that among the things I'm very proud about this Committee is the passage…”

People's lives are at risk.

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.

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

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