Name: Lisa Murkowski: I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here.
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Description: I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here.

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Lisa Murkowski

44:35 - 44:49

"I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here."

“I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here.”

Speaker: Lisa Murkowski
Timestamp: 44:35 – 44:49
Transcript: Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S.1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe.
Community: Alaska News
Captured at: August 5, 2026

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I'm going to go ahead and oppose this amendment. I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here.

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