Mark Begich: “I think this is an important issue.”

It has been an honor to be here.

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

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?

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