Mark Begich: “But the challenge is, we took their land. So they are trying to get their land back.”

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.

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

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