Shelley Hughes
5:54 - 6:39
“So when I was in the House, I was the Transportation Chair, and I called two hearings, and one was what was happening in the Arctic as far as the beginning of shipping, and that was about 12 years ago... I also did a hearing on the need for a port in western Alaska, and we did a lot of focus and looked at the potential for the city of Nome to have that port.”
- Speaker
- Shelley Hughes
- Timestamp
- 5:54 – 6:39
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- August 6, 2026
From the transcript
So when I was in the House, I was the Transportation Chair, and I called two hearings, and one was what was happening in the Arctic as far as the beginning of shipping, and that was about 12 years ago, okay, so now the activity has really increased. I also did a hearing on the need for a port in western Alaska, and we did a lot of focus and looked at the potential for the city of Nome to have that port. Okay, so that, that's kind of some basic work that happened a long time ago. More recently, I want you to think of the map of Alaska, and you've got— so this is going to be backwards for, for me, so it's right for you. So the eastern the border and the western border.
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