06/15/2011
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"I think as we are learning, passing the law is the first step, it is the implementation and making sure that American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian businesses and communities are treated as p..."
"I am very proud, particularly in Alaska, of the progress that some of our tribal entrepreneurs and Alaska Native Corporation leaders have made in growing not only Alaska's economy but the American eco..."
"Our commitment to Native American communities must be unwavering."
"According to the Energy Information Agency, rural residents and villages in Alaska pay exponentially higher rates for electricity, with some rates reaching over $1 a kilowatt hour, or about 800 percen..."