Rodney Butler
90:10 - 90:43
"consolidating the focus under the Department of Interior allows us to look, you know, cross-program and work within the the structure of the existing, I mean, you have the stack structure within Interior that's similar to the TTAC. And so the examples are there and it's working, working well."
“consolidating the focus under the Department of Interior allows us to look, you know, cross-program and work within the the structure of the existing, I mean, you have the stack structure within Interior that's similar to the TTAC. And so the examples are there and it's working, working well.”
- Speaker
- Rodney Butler
- Timestamp
- 90:10 – 90:43
- Source
- House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
I mean, that's who we're working with in most of our programs to date, but I would say it's certainly not to relieve the other departments of their obligations to Indian Country. I want to make that very, very clear. And so we work with Commerce hand in hand. They're a great partner in various areas, but consolidating the focus under the Department of Interior allows us to look, you know, cross-program and work within the the structure of the existing, I mean, you have the stack structure within Interior that's similar to the TTAC. And so the examples are there and it's working, working well.
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