Honorable Byron L. Dorgan
United States Senator, North Dakota, Democrat
Senator Dorgan was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992.He was a North Dakota Tax Commissioner from 1969 to 1980, andwas North Dakota’s Representative-at-Large to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives from 1980 to 1992. He serves on the followingcommittees: Appropriations; Commerce, Science and Transportation;Energy and Natural Resources; and Indian Affairs. The followingstatement is from the Senate floor debate of March 19, 1998, onProtocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession ofPoland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.Some while ago I stood on the floor of the Senate and heldup a piece of metal that came from a missile silo…
