0:44
Lisa Murkowski
36:02 - 36:47
"We had to vet these parcels, we had to solicit, uh, address the, the local input. We had to ensure that public process and valid existing rights, including fishing, hunting, recreation assistance, were allowed for, and we have done so."
“We had to vet these parcels, we had to solicit, uh, address the, the local input. We had to ensure that public process and valid existing rights, including fishing, hunting, recreation assistance, were allowed for, and we have done so.”
- Speaker
- Lisa Murkowski
- Timestamp
- 36:02 – 36:47
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
We had to vet these parcels, we had to solicit, uh, address the, the local input. We had to ensure that public process and valid existing rights, including fishing, hunting, recreation assistance, were allowed for, and we have done so. We worked to get this legislation in a place where Most everyone can support it, but it's taken a lot of work. And now that my colleague to the right of me has sat down, I'm going to suspend here so that we can move forward, recognizing that people have places to go and other votes to cast. But I would like to pick up where I left off when we've concluded the votes.
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