03/07/2023
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"I have found in some agencies... an unwillingness to speak the language of the tribes."
"Speaking about refining the procedures, of course you are familiar with the, in Alaska, the tribal consortia, and how they really are able to harness economies of scale."
"I have been a member of the Indian Affairs Committee since I came to the United States Senate 20 years ago."
"One of the challenges that we have in Alaska, just as it is difficult to get things in, you have to fly barrels of fuel in at the end of winter, it is equally difficult to get things out."