Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Let me ask yet probably another hard question, and that is a recognition that as sovereign parties to treaties, tribes clearly have an important role in interpreting the meaning of the treaties."

"It is when we don't expand our table to hear more from those who have been disenfranchised that injustices and systemic inequities are perpetuated."

"So what about any administrative authorities within the department to address some of the concerns that we have heard articulated today?"

"It is a complicated history of injustice and of sorrow, for both Indian tribes and African Americans."