Mark Begich: “But why didn't you restate that, then, if that was such, as I saw, an important piece of the equation?”

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

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

It has been an honor to be here.

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?