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Byron Dorgan is a former United States Senator from North Dakota, serving from 1992 to 2011 as a member of the Democratic Party. He was born on May 14, 1942. During his tenure in the Senate, Dorgan was known for his advocacy on issues such as agriculture, energy, and Native American rights. He played a significant role in promoting policies aimed at supporting rural communities and addressing the needs of tribal nations. Dorgan also served as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, where he focused on improving the lives of Native Americans and addressing their concerns in federal policy.
I think the discussion we had last evening, as all of us work together trying to understand what is the optimum solution that relates to the needs of all of the interests concerned, is something we can and should strive to achieve, and I…
Let me observe that we were able to get that bill out of the Commerce Committee because we did not deal with the slot issue. I understand there is an appetite for slots and perimeters. The only way we will get an FAA reauthorization bill…
This is the FAA reauthorization bill, reauthorizing a wide range of programs in the Federal Aviation Administration. We have put together a piece of legislation that has substantial modernization pieces in it that will modernize the air…
It is my hope and the hope of Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison that we will be able to make progress and complete the FAA reauthorization bill. This is the fourth day. We have seen so many interminable delays in the Senate. Let's not…
This is not and should not be a controversial bill. Every American who gets on a commercial airplane in this country has a stake in this bill. This bill includes modernization of the air traffic control system which will allow people to…
First, this is not the place to do it. This is not the place to offer the amendment. They have the right to offer the amendment but we are trying to get a bill done here. The rest of the world is moving forward to modernize the aircraft…
The FTC has had only limited weapons in its arsenal against corporate wrongdoing.
There is an urgency to this legislation. I know it is not, perhaps, the highest profile legislation in the Congress these days, but we have a requirement to reauthorize the activities of the FAA. We have now failed to do that and instead…
Much of what we will discuss today is about commercial aviation--getting on an airliner someplace and flying across the country or across the world. But I wanted to mention that there is another component to this, and that is what is…
I'm stumped by the budget oversight. Since the President has been on his--you may remember he was a lead partner with me in authorizing the project, and the future is now in his hands.
If you are for increased trade, commercial growth, and job creation, all of which we desperately need right now, you cannot get there without supporting the basic transportation and infrastructure, like the much-needed new locks and dams…
These are the wrong agencies to be cutting during the current economic situation.
I do not think this is a good budget request for the Corps of Engineers and for the Bureau of Reclamation.
According to the National Weather Service, it appears there is nearly a 100 percent chance that we will see major flooding within the coming weeks.
I would guess the consensus of this subcommittee will be to re-prioritize the funding in the series of accounts in order to avoid a one-half-billion-dollar cut in water infrastructure funding.
I think the consensus of this subcommittee will not be to support cutting a half a billion dollars out of the Corps of Engineers' funding at this time.
The budgetary criteria used for determining the budget request is not statutory, correct?
I think it's extremely difficult to move forward with only protecting the higher income and the downtown areas, while increasing--actually increasing--the flood risk to those with lower incomes, modest incomes, on the other side of the…
A flat budget is a declining budget for your agencies, and that's just a fact because you have additional salary and other expenses from inflation.
If we don't get serious about the infrastructure, yes, roads, bridges, water projects, you name it, we won't be the kind of country we used to be.
I'm very, very concerned about it, and I think, Secretary Darcy, you know how concerned all of us are from the Great Lakes about something that some people snicker at, but it's these Asian carp.
The fiscal year 2011 budget for the Corps of Engineers proposes $4.939 billion, which is $506 million below fiscal year 2010 enacted of $5.45 billion.
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