Mark Begich: “I guarantee you, they're separate entities, so if you go bankrupt, they may not go bankrupt.”

I want to make sure my colleagues hear exactly what you are saying, so a couple years from now, we do not hear complaints that, geez, why did you not do it?

All we want to do is fix it for Alaska Native people. That is all.

The 477 tribes across this country agree with Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Mark Begich in pushing Congress to amend the original law.

Just assuming the private sector is going to absorb all this is not realistic.