Mark Begich: “Why can't we just let them use their local regulation then, to implement it and cut the time in half?”

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?

It has been an honor to be here.

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