Byron Dorgan: “This is a sweeping piece of legislation that we're looking at here.”

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

The status quo will not be tolerated.

I spent much of my time as Chairman of this committee focused on increasing funding for the IHS and trying to force some systemic changes in the bureaucracy that plagues that agency.

I have no interest in injuring business aviation, general aviation, or small airports.