Lisa Murkowski

I certainly will. Mr. Gary Hennigh is the City Administrator for the City of King Cove...

This should not be viewed as a threat to others' budgets.

The Federal Government really has not done right by Native children across the Country.

I think there is a desire to make it happen, but we also want to make it happen right.

I think you said it, Sandra, I wrote it down here somewhere, it is education by Alaska Natives and for Alaska Natives.

All students will succeed in their education and work, shape worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplify the best values of society, their culture, and be effective in improving the character and quality of the world about…

If you just sit back and accept the status quo, we will put more generations of young Alaska Natives behind.

I think the time is right, as President Kitka said. We may not have all the answers today, but it seems like the opportune time to be connecting with those partners and say, we have an idea and maybe this is an idea that will satisfy that…

Field hearings are an opportunity to bring the Senate and the Committee to you, the Alaska Native communities that we represent.

We are doing a disservice to Native children.

This is about kids, children, and their education.

The proposal that we are talking about which would be this education compact between the State and the tribes.

We just have to look at it a little bit differently, which is what we are trying to do here, is look at things a little bit differently.

We commend you for your long-standing and continued interest in legislation and legislative oversight of programs that are designed to meet the distinct social, cultural, and economic needs of Alaska Native communities and individuals.

If the system is broken, if the system is not workable, putting more money towards a broken system isn't going to change it.

That would include treasuring their freedom and being willing to defend it.

Math and science are what we would classify as the educational attainment, but you are probably learning more in physics and science, and to your point, the Pythagorean theorem.

The events of the past day were not unexpected, but that does not make them any less devastating.

I think it demonstrates a commitment to get to yes, and to try to be innovative in this space.

Do I think that there needs to be legislation introduced today on the Federal level to authorize compact schools? No.

We are more thankful than ever for the blessings of our democracy and all that it affords us.

We must make those who are perpetrating these horrific acts of war, Vladimir Putin, his cronies and the entities that support them, we must make them pay through uncompromising sanctions and penalties.

We cannot lower our aspirations for our children.

Do I think that we need to remove the rider? Yes.

I do think there is recognition that something has to be done. What we are dealing with is simply not tenable.