Ensuring Alaska Native artists’ ability to create and sell their traditional handicrafts is about more than income. It’s about supporting families who have used their work to preserve heritage and culture through generations.

I wasn’t making any promises.

I think it certainly benefits us in Alaska.

Obviously the parties don't like that because they want control.

It feels good to say that we are finally beginning to realize that goal.

The Geese House Site is owed to Doyon, Limited under the commitments made in ANCSA—which enabled the conveyance of culturally significant sites to Alaska Native Corporations.

This is one of the most significant achievements on the North Slope in decades and further cements the region’s renaissance.

I am proud to have worked with my partners in the delegation who helped bring this robust funding to Alaska.

For a state as vast and geographically diverse as Alaska, broadband access is not a luxury—it’s essential infrastructure.

This is a great day for Alaska that further demonstrates the world-class energy potential across our North Slope.

I think that this puts that seat in jeopardy.

I wanted to see a detailed breakdown of where the $1 billion would go before committing to supporting the move.

I am here to speak this afternoon about the conflict involving Iran and more specifically, the role of Congress within it. At the outset, I want to reiterate something that I think gets lost in these discussions. The fact of the matter is…

I want to thank not only the Senator from California but my colleague Senator Cortez Masto from Nevada as we have worked through this. Know that the Senator from California does have my commitment to try to address not only the matters…

we speak about the frustrations. There is always room for frustration around here. But I share the many concerns of my friend from California. Three of my bills and ones that he also cares about and more that I have cosponsored are also…

I come to the floor with my friend and colleague from Nevada Senator Cortez Masto to seek unanimous consent to pass two noncontroversial bills as a bipartisan pair. The first is H.R. 2815. This is sponsored by Congressman Begich from…

I think most of us want to be able to just not only quiet that, but just make clear that is not only not going to happen — it is an option that has been taken off the table.

The videos I've seen from Minneapolis yesterday are deeply disturbing

as we are starting this new year, there is certainly no shortage of issues to be talking about. You and I have been engaged in fruitful discussions, I believe, about how we address health coverage for millions of Americans that are looking…

I'd like to see more, and I believe that if we don't stand up for our powers under the Constitution, nobody else will.

To accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong.

People who feel very strongly about this will feel like they’ve been duped if the justice department claims we can’t release anything because of an active investigation.

It’s one thing if the federal government is going to continue its level of appeal through the courts to say, no, this can’t be done.

It's one thing if the federal government is going to continue its level of appeal through the courts to say, no, this can't be done.

I feel like, at this moment, I want to be the Senator speaking for the men and women who allow this place to happen on a weekday but also on a weekend. There are a lot of really great people who come in, day over day over day, to either…