Byron Dorgan

First, I appreciate his generosity in yielding. It would be interesting for us to have a discussion at some point about the economy and fiscal policy. I think we are wildly off track. Maybe the Senator from Oklahoma and I agree on that…

We see conditions that exist in Third World countries.

The interminable delay that often exists now is very troublesome.

Many of the fee-to-trust applications are for essential government services these days.

In most circumstances, gaming has almost nothing to do with land-in-trust.

Often when people are unfamiliar with these issues, think of land-into-trust, they think immediately of gaming.

I intend to introduce a bill and speak about it briefly. I will do that with the proviso that if someone comes and wishes to speak about their amendment on the highway bill, I will be happy to relinquish the floor. Is the Senator from Iowa…

Let me just observe, because the Senator mentioned me, my point of supporting the 60-vote threshold is that is what requires compromise. The very presence of the filibuster is what requires compromise. Otherwise you do not have any…

Let me go much longer. I am sorry, for 3 seconds let me thank my colleagues. This is the time to be controlled on our side by consent, if I might read it into the record? My guess is it will go back and forth: Senator Byrd, 20 minutes…

If I may inquire further, isn't it the case that this budget document is actually a budget document that is wearing makeup? If you take the makeup off this document, what does it look like? Let's assume they put everything in this document…

Just to further inquire, you were selected by the Senate to be a conferee to this conference but, in fact, were not invited to the conference; is that the fact?

I notice on our desks there is something called the conference report. It is what I asked Senator Conrad about earlier today, whether he was aware of what was in the conference report. I guess that was at about noon or 1 o'clock. I believe…

I wonder if my colleague, the Senator from North Dakota, would yield for a question?

Senator Harkin has shown great leadership in the effort to create a hydrogen fuel-cell economy and I welcome his support and look forward to working with him and other cosponsors as we move this legislation forward. ____________________

I wonder if I might ask my colleague, the chairman of the committee, my understanding is the pending amendment is the Byrd amendment. But I heard my colleague Senator Byrd indicate he was trying to see whether there was some language that…

I will be mercifully brief. This is not an amendment that will take a long time to explain, and I do not intend to delay the proceedings of the Senate at all. Amendment No. 399

So my concern, Mr. Chairman, is that cutting the construction funding at a time when fully one-third of those schools for young Indian children run by the BIA are poor quality schools.

I really think we need to try to continue that funding process.

Your budget would eliminate the State-side assistance grants through the LWCF.

I wonder if my staff could work with your staff. We have a very different view of support of these students.

The proposed cut in funding for tribal colleges really will wipe out the 2 years of progress that Senator Burns and I and other Members of the Congress have made on tribal college funding.

We need to move to a different construct for energy.

I certainly do not support.

I think is difficult and troublesome.

My understanding is, I believe there was only one in the House, and the bulk of that was to defend the company called Halliburton--and there were no such hearings by the standing committees in the Senate. Essentially, there has been no…