Byron Dorgan: “I want this to be the outstanding delivery of good healthcare to those who deserve it, expect it and need it.”

You are going to save and improve lives.

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 need and the people in the Great Plains need, concrete results.