"It's crucial that we support the nomination of Patrice Kunesh for the National Indian Gaming Commission."
"I would hope that you not only would commit to trying to understanding a little bit more about these gaps, but then reporting back to the Committee with us on that to see if there isn't more that we n..."
"I think they are surviving, and even thriving now. But to me, the long-term trajectory... I am quite worried about that."
"I am confident that Ms. Kunesh will bring the same strong leadership and ethics to the position as she does in her role as ANA commissioner."
"I think that overlays over so much of what we are discussing when we are talking about the threats to gaming."
"Statement of Senator Murkowski."
"I want to focus my comments this afternoon on S. 4370, this is the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments of 2024."
"TFPA empowers tribes to harness indigenous knowledge and western science when conducting forest management projects."
"I want to acknowledge my Committee intern, Nyche Andrew. She is Inupiaq, she is Yup'ik, she is from Anchorage."
"Too often these fires ignite on remote Federal lands and spread to tribal lands, endangering Native people, property, infrastructure, and cultural resources."
"You go on to say that Forest Service only has a presence in southeast Alaska, and therefore the TFPA issues are confined to the Tongass."