Name: Lisa Murkowski: I am not a fan of genetically engineered salmon. I think that Mother Nature has done a mighty fine job, and we need to label that as such. But I would ask for your commitment to ensure again that consumers are able to make informed decisions when they're purchasing a product like salmon, whether it is wild-caught or whether it is genetically engineered.
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Description: I am not a fan of genetically engineered salmon. I think that Mother Nature has done a mighty fine job, and we need to label that as such. But I would ask for your commitment to ensure again that consumers are able to make informed decisions when they're purchasing a product like salmon, whether it is wild-caught or whether it is genetically engineered.

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Lisa Murkowski

131:09 - 131:37

“I am not a fan of genetically engineered salmon. I think that Mother Nature has done a mighty fine job, and we need to label that as such. But I would ask for your commitment to ensure again that consumers are able to make informed decisions when they're purchasing a product like salmon, whether it is wild-caught or whether it is genetically engineered.”

Speaker: Lisa Murkowski
Timestamp: 131:09 – 131:37
Transcript: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board, and
Community: Alaska News
Captured at: September 24, 2026

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We need that. Um, I have had many conversations with previous FDA commissioners regarding the importance also of labeling. I am not a fan of genetically engineered salmon. I think that Mother Nature has done a mighty fine job, and we need to label that as such. But I would ask for your commitment to ensure again that consumers are able to make informed decisions when they're purchasing a product like salmon, whether it is wild-caught or whether it is genetically engineered.

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