Mark Begich actually said...

"When we built our Constitution, we wanted to make sure we developed it for Alaskans; sustainable, long-term, generational."

"We commend Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich, and this Committee, for recent efforts to pass federal legislation targeted to resolve specific problems and to address region-specific challenges."

"This legislation would enable many of our people to maintain their subsistence way of life without facing burdensome fees that many cannot afford."

"We can fly to the moon, put things on Mars. We can go to the bottom of the ocean. We can drill 5,000 feet under the ocean floor, but when it rains in Washington, you can not get a plane off the ground..."