Byron Dorgan
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorganis a former United States Senator and United States Congressman from North Dakota and currently serves as a senior policy advisor for the Washington, DC law firm Arent Fox LLP. He served 12 years in the U.S. House and 18 years in the Senate. He was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for 16 years, first as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Indian...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1942
country jobs children
All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.
needs
We need leadership, and we need it now.
creating sugar towns
Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense.
country thinking debate
This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.
responsibility authority delegation
You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
democracy earth constitution
The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.
cutting government tough-times
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
ownership galloping-horses concentration
This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.
weather needs farmers-and-ranchers
When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.
blow civilization keys
One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle.
country games demand
This country lacks the backbone and the spine and the will to demand fair trade and stand up for our products. If our producers can't compete, shame on us. Then we lose. But requiring our producers to compete when the game is rigged, saying our producers ought to compete, when foreign markets are closed to us, is fundamentally wrong.
decision political proud
I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.
political proud privilege
I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.
country drinking law
Nowhere in this country should we have laws that permit drinking and driving or drinking in vehicles that are on American highways. This is not rocket science. We know how to prevent this, and 36 states do.