Mark Begich: “This hearing marks the fourth in a series of hearings we are holding on the Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens…”

That is actually an old model. That is a model that we are trying to get rid of.

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?

We have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

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