0:22
Bob Loeffler
21:02 - 21:24
"federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in."
“federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in.”
- Speaker
- Bob Loeffler
- Timestamp
- 21:02 – 21:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- June 26, 2026
From the transcript
It's money coming in and federal government is the most important industry, if you will, that brings money in. And second, where it's spent. Is really regionally concentrated at the federal facilities. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Brett, I think, and I'm going to stop sharing. And there we go.
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