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Lake Barrett
56:16 - 56:27
“there must be a true partnership between the federal government, the host state, and the private industry participants who are really going to be doing the work.”
- Speaker
- Lake Barrett
- Timestamp
- 56:16 – 56:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- September 23, 2026
From the transcript
Well, governors today, I think, are quite savvy in this. Clearly, as I think the governor from Wyoming said 30-some years ago, you're dancing with the 800-pound gorilla here, so the federal government. So you need to protect yourself. Itself going forward. But there are ways to do that through contractual relationships, that there must be a true partnership between the federal government, the host state, and the private industry participants who are really going to be doing the work.
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