That is what these consortia are able to do. They are able to build capacity so that these many, many much smaller and much less advantaged tribes, they are the most disadvantaged, they are the ones that need it most, and yet they have the least capacity to do it.
Murkowski emphasizes the importance of consortia for disadvantaged tribes in Alaska.
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Legislating, for me, is not transactional. I need to believe in the decisions I make.
I hope you feel the urgency that I’m trying to express on behalf of the people in rural Alaska and I think in many parts of rural America where this is their lifeline.
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