Byron Dorgan: “We as Congress have a distinct and undeniable trust responsibility toward the First Americans of the United States.”

Senator Byron Dorgan's 68-page Report of 2010 addressing the critical conditions of all the Great Plain's Regional IHS was brought to the attention of McSwain.

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.

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.