Name: Ted Cruz: And I will say you have been a relentless and tremendously effective advocate for the people of Alaska, for the Alaska fishermen, for the Native peoples in Alaska, and for protecting the environment and fish population in the waters of Alaska.
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Description: And I will say you have been a relentless and tremendously effective advocate for the people of Alaska, for the Alaska fishermen, for the Native peoples in Alaska, and for protecting the environment and fish population in the waters of Alaska.

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Ted Cruz

67:25 - 67:42

“And I will say you have been a relentless and tremendously effective advocate for the people of Alaska, for the Alaska fishermen, for the Native peoples in Alaska, and for protecting the environment and fish population in the waters of Alaska.”

Speaker: Ted Cruz
Timestamp: 67:25 – 67:42
Transcript: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Sullivan): Business meeting to consider S.3467, to reauthorize the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, S.3929, to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire and install certified airborne position reference tools at air traffic control towers, S.4573, to designate the Great Lakes Commission as a Regional Great Lakes Partnership, S.4749, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to create a Federal cause of action to address jawboning, S.4938, to reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund, S.4950, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, S.5188, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to establish requirements for unified boxing organizations and to further enhance the well-being of professional boxers, S.5224, to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through the establishment of a task force and the use of technology, H.R.7022, to provide for the transmission of emergency alerts by satellite, and promotions in the Coast Guard.
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: September 16, 2026

From the transcript

And again, I want to thank Chairman Cruz and this committee for voting on this bill. And we are now looking with that strong vote to bring this bill to the Senate floor and move it forward. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Senator Sullivan. And I will say you have been a relentless and tremendously effective advocate for the people of Alaska, for the Alaska fishermen, for the Native peoples in Alaska, and for protecting the environment and fish population in the waters of Alaska.

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