Byron Dorgan

I am really pleased that you are where you are. I think you are a man for this moment, and this needs to be a transformative time for energy.

I would just observe the wind does not stop blowing in North Dakota, by the way.

The bill that we created here and I hope will get to the floor at some point will help create the interstate highway of transmission capability.

You have the opportunity to play a very transformative role in this country's energy future.

But I think all of us on this committee want the Federal Trade Commission to be active and aggressive on behalf of consumers.

I really appreciate what the Chairman has done.

Non-profit status in those circumstances doesn't mean much to be in many cases.

There are a lot of people that are preying on vulnerable folks and end up fleecing them.

I mean, I call some of these regulatory agencies the grateful dead, grateful that they get paid and dead from the neck up because they don't do a thing.

I think people ought to have someplace where they can go and see who has been doing what. Who are the good actors and who are the bad actors out there?

There is unbelievable bottom feeding by greedy people who have gotten by with it for far too long.

Your announcement today is an enormous breath of fresh air.

It is strange to most people to hear, but we actually have in the American Tax Code a reward for companies that would say: You know what I should do? What I want to do is shut down my American factory, I want to fire my American workers, I…

We have made all kinds of efforts . . . to help provide the funding necessary to mitigate the damages of flooding at Devils Lake. But I have always insisted, I am not interested in transferring the problem from one region of our State to…

Unemployment means poverty, in most cases, despair, high suicide rates, dropout rates, poor health, poor housing conditions.

The unemployment rate on the reservation exceeds 73 percent, as stated by Mr. Barrasso.

The urgent need for job creation on Indian reservations is apparent to everybody.

We would like to see an elimination of the sunset provisions in the property depreciation schedule and the Indian employment tax credit.

We appreciate Sen. Dorgan's outreach to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy.

In particular, we appreciate Senator Dorgan's communication with Secretary Salazar and Secretary Chu in an effort to spur a collaborative and comprehensive federal effort to support energy development in Indian country.

Unemployment on the Indian reservations is not seasonal. It is chronic.

I have always refrained from using the word ``retire'' because I can't sit around very much. So I don't intend to quit working. But I am not seeking reelection, the Senator is correct about that. This is a great institution, and it is a…

If there are those in the industry that are not yet serious, they are making a very big mistake.

We're headed toward a lower carbon future.

We have a need for greater energy security.