06/10/2009
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"I think it goes to the challenge, the charge that you heard from both Senators Tester and Heitkamp."
"I am committed to working very hard for Indian Country and, I would say, for Native self-determination regardless of geography."
"I think you can see from this Committee we are one that I think really takes our role as members of the Indian Affairs Committee very, very seriously."
"I look forward to working with my colleagues to make history by confirming the first Alaska Native person to this position."