Mark Begich: “You say that with a smile. I know what you mean.”

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

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

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

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?