It is my hope that we can continue our bipartisan tradition to prioritize the needs of Native communities.

colleagues who have been around for a while know that it is usually about this time of the year that I come to the floor to talk about my favorite sporting event. I am not talking about March Madness. I am talking about Alaska's version of…

Sometimes I get people looking at me a little bit quizzically, like why would an Alaskan Senator really be caring about nuclear.

Sometimes I get people looking at me a little bit quizzically, like why would an Alaskan Senator really be caring about nuclear.

They are excited about it in ways that you can't even imagine.

They are excited about it in ways that you can't even imagine.

We need to be paying attention to that.

I think this was a good overview of these areas that are so important, everything from education to economy to what is happening with agriculture.

I think by making the BIA be more transparent with tribes, homebuyers and lenders about where they are in the process will be a help as well, as transparency always increases accountability.

I think by making the BIA be more transparent with tribes, homebuyers and lenders about where they are in the process will be a help as well, as transparency always increases accountability.

You noted the priority for making consortium applications eligible. I think you have hit on something that is really key to us in recognizing that AFN and other tribal consortia make use of economies of scale to ensure that some of the…

I absolutely believe that it is important that we have unions.

This Committee made historic bipartisan progress over the last two years to advance Federal support for Native communities.

We are looking with great, great interest to the small modular reactor, the advanced reactor concepts.

Certainly things like being able to submit compliance reports by utilizing mail rather than online, which we know in far too many of our Alaska Native communities, and in so many parts of Indian Country, broadband is still not where we…

You noted the priority for making consortium applications eligible. I think you have hit on something that is really key to us in recognizing that AFN and other tribal consortia make use of economies of scale to ensure that some of the…

I absolutely believe that it is important that we have unions.

We have a responsibility to support the health and well-being of Native communities.

Our goal today is to listen and to learn from you as Native leaders.

I think this was a good overview of these areas that are so important, everything from education to economy to what is happening with agriculture.

I always say, nothing about me without me.

the Federal Government should, absent some very serious concerns, for lack of a better word, allow that tribe to receive that benefit in the manner that it sees fit.

We need to be paying attention to that.

I always say, nothing about me without me.

we want to acknowledge and thank you for reintroducing legislation last month to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act.