Second, I think we need to all continue to keep fighting for the Wabanaki people and indigenous people. Before he gets the last thing I just to want, want to say on that front. The first bill that I intend to work on in the Senate is a Senate companion bill to the one Jared Goldin put in in the House that got killed in committee, which would extend to the Wabanaki tribes of Maine the same tribal sovereignty rights that all 570 other federally recognized tribes get. And finally, I think that true change comes from within all of us. So everybody just take a moment just to take a deep breath and feel the real connection here in the room. (50:50–51:10)
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Asserts intention to work on a Senate bill for Wabanaki tribes' sovereignty rights.
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