Nick Begich
52:03 - 52:46
"it directs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services to study oral rabies vaccine delivery to Arctic wildlife, tackling the upstream source of the problem at its source. This is a prevention bill. It protects children, reduces downstream costs to the federal health system, and it honors tribal self-determination."
“it directs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services to study oral rabies vaccine delivery to Arctic wildlife, tackling the upstream source of the problem at its source. This is a prevention bill. It protects children, reduces downstream costs to the federal health system, and it honors tribal self-determination.”
- Speaker
- Nick Begich
- Timestamp
- 52:03 – 52:46
- Source
- House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
It authorizes HHS through IHS to fund public health veterinary services directly or through Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contracts and compacts so that tribes and tribal health organizations can deliver them on their own terms. Plugs IHS into the federal One Health framework alongside CDC and USDA, and it directs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services to study oral rabies vaccine delivery to Arctic wildlife, tackling the upstream source of the problem at its source. This is a prevention bill. It protects children, reduces downstream costs to the federal health system, and it honors tribal self-determination. I'm grateful to the chairman for taking it up, and I urge the subcommittee to advance it.
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