Byron Dorgan: “The urgent need for job creation on Indian reservations is apparent to everybody.”

Senator Dorgan once said it takes four agencies and 49 steps. I think with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, we say it is seven agencies and 100 steps.

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.

We have now reached the tipping point that requires, in my judgment, action by Congress.

The efficiencies that would be driven from a non-profit corporation...would provide funding as well for excellent and stable and professional management.