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      <excerpt>...to provide law enforcement assistance to each other,&#8221; Sen. Maria Cantwell said in a statement. The committee chairman, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D, said the government might have overlooked Indian Country&#8217;s needs when it designated the areas: &#8220;This q</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that cause cascading delays and chaos across the country are going to become a very regular occurrence,&quot; he said. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate's aviation committee, said he plans to grill FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt about the is</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Rockefeller described using Amazon.com to buy books, a correction after he initially said he bought his books at &#8220;aol.com.&#8221;  Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) may have a little more to worry about. Perusing a list of offending websites, Dorgan observed tha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Distracted Flying Act, was sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the transportation committee, and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the aviation subcommittee, along with three other senators. The proposals include exemptions that</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that virtually all consumers involved get charged for something they didn't knowingly purchase or request, he said. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, warned that Congress could go after the reputable Web sites that host the controversial operators. &quot;Yo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...were:   Mark Begich (D) of Alaska   Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio   Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia   Susan Collins (R) of Maine   Byron Dorgan (D) of North Dakota   Richard Durbin (D) of Illinois   Michael Enzi (R) of Wyoming   Al Franken (D) of Minnesota  </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...judgment about where this country goes, but from the standpoint of public policy we can set the stage for it,&quot; said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who joined the group for its announcement. Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said the auto industry was wo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Some US lawmakers are supportive of the idea. &amp;quot;We can set the stage for it, with a wide range of tax credits,&amp;quot; said Sen. Byron Dorgan (DN. ... </excerpt>
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