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Mary Peltola

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"Dan Sullivan voted He went right along with all these dogecuts, mowing down federal employees that we rely on. These agencies weren't fully staffed to begin with. Alaska has taken more cuts on federal employees percentage-wise than any other state"

Dan Sullivan voted He went right along with all these dogecuts, mowing down federal employees that we rely on. These agencies weren't fully staffed to begin with. Alaska has taken more cuts on federal employees percentage-wise than any other state
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Mary Peltola
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Alaska News
Location
Kodiak, Alaska
Captured at
September 13, 2026

From the transcript

We live and die by federal agencies and the federal employees who keep those agencies going. And Dan Sullivan voted He went right along with all these dogecuts, mowing down federal employees that we rely on. These agencies weren't fully staffed to begin with. Alaska has taken more cuts on federal employees percentage-wise than any other state, and no other state depends on our federal employees as much as Alaska does.

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