Mark Begich: “I honestly think the system is broken in the sense of deliverability of these projects.”

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.

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

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