Mark Begich: “The revenue stream that should be available from the Federal waters into our state, to the people of our state is…”

It has been an honor to be here.

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.

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?