Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
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Speaker A
“12 Yeas, 27 nays. By a vote of 12 yeas to 27 nays, Amendment Number 2 has failed to pass the body.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:43
Speaker C
“In this version, 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the North Slope Borough on the gas treatment plant carbon capture facility, and 93% of the alternate volumetric tax in the Kenai Peninsula Borough on the LNG export plant goes to that community, as it should, with the 7% balance going back to the state.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session - June 12, 2026 10:30am · Jun 12, 2026
0:30
Speaker A
“if ISO is correct, that would be an approximately increase in 10% across the board for those who do have insurance.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:17
Speaker A
“I've been told there may be a working plan, but I have not been included in that conversation, so I cannot speak to how it is being funded.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
1:04
Speaker A
“according to the ISO report, um, the ISO people, um, they say that if we lose the drill ground, our total aggregate ISO score drops from 61.1 to, just a hair over 60, which would be enough to bump us from a Class 4 to a Class 5 community.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:25
Speaker A
“I got a list of questions on May 27th from the borough manager. If you'd like, I can read them to you, or you can just see them. I can pass this around, whatever you guys want to do. But they have some questions they'd like answered about both the 14th Street site and the site right next to the current Station 1.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:34
Speaker A
“The training tower is a little bit more of a problem to move. If you take it apart, it's likely not to go back together. The hope is to be able to separate the little one-story attachment to it, the— what we call the burn room, from the tower itself and be able to either brace or secure the tower itself so that we can pick it up and lay it down on a large oversized trailer and move it.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:45
Speaker B
“we're down another dispatcher, so we have 3 openings in dispatch, 2 openings on the patrol side for a police officer. Hopefully the union can work something out with the borough and increase some wages and get some longevity steps worked in so we can better fill and serve— fill the positions and serve the community.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:43
Speaker A
“as the population increases, we are looking at larger subdivisions out towards Papke's and things like that, and I do think it is in the borough's best interest to look at going to an area-wide model.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
1:18
Speaker B
“Having the ability to hang equipment on those towers, increase the range of public safety radio equipment, um, it's in the borough's best interest, I believe, because we would save hundreds of thousands of dollars by not having to construct towers or other avenues”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:29
Speaker A
“They are currently working on the adaptation of a new service area that is Thomas Bay. Um, in that there's a proposal to include fire, EMS, and police services to that area, specifically the Thomas Bay area.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:38
Speaker A
“as volunteers, they are never like 100% ready, always able to respond. So we usually get a fraction of that. Um, I don't have like a running count off right here in front of me of actually who's responding, but I mean, a good rule of thumb would be a third of that amount to, you know, at best a half at any one time. So if you cut those numbers in half, it would be 14 members of the fire department, for fire, about 16 to 18 members in EMS.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:32
Speaker A
“I've heard there may be a plan on how to pay for it, but I'm not familiar with the details, so I'm not prepared to speak on it at this point.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:39
Speaker A
“officially it is the end of the year, so December 31st. Um, they have a notice to other leaseholders in the area that they are to stop operations by the end of September. And so I'm hoping to get that stuff out of there before the snow flies”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:04
Speaker A
“I believe that is something the mayor and the borough manager is working on.”Petersburg Borough: Public Safety Advisory Board · Jun 12, 2026
0:16
Speaker A
“Case 2026-0076 is postponed to a date uncertain.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:26
Jason Norris
“I was wondering, in B1, the increase from 5% to 10%, what was the logic behind that? Is it because you saw a large number of potential minor modifications that would have been approved if it was 10%? Or was it that you felt that that was reasonable to ask for in one bite?”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:37
Jason Norris
“I'm also trying to find what is, what is the threshold that really matters? Where, where is it worth the time and effort to bring it before the body? And, and the money, you know, is significant for a lot of people.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:34
Elizabeth Appleby
“if you're a single-family owner, it's $710 to come for a public hearing here”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:54
Elizabeth Appleby
“I'm almost leaning towards wanting to just respond to the questions on the data and bring back a revised draft where I know I've gotten at least some kind of legal counsel as well so that I can more accurately depict what I think is possible for changing this or or what our advice from them is.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:49
Elizabeth Appleby
“this would be a future public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the Planning and Zoning Commission would make a recommendation to the Assembly as to the adoption of the AO.”Anchorage Assembly: Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals - June 11, 2026 - 2026-06-11 18:30:00 · Jun 12, 2026
0:12
Speaker A
“Yeah, ball of worms itself.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026
0:52
Speaker C
“it seems like that's kind of happening, and we might have to have a discussion or something about what, what the Harbor Department's going to do when presumably we're in their hands, in our lap. Yeah, we're going to have to think about, uh, well, if we have to monitor it, then, you know, that'll be extra cost. We'll have to have another employee, we'll have to have more equipment, snow blowers or power washers, I'm not sure, but at least snow blowers and another vehicle.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026
0:45
Speaker A
“Recent word came to the borough that the application for conveying approximately 8.8 acres of DNR tidelands at Papke's Landing is ready to transfer. The borough is just waiting a formal letter to transfer of DOT's dock ownership to the borough before conveyance occurs.”Petersburg Borough: Harbor Advisory Board Meeting · Jun 11, 2026
0:33
Speaker A
“it's my honor to be taking this action to lower seafood costs and generate millions and millions of dollars in new business for our great, really great fishermen, great people, by restoring commercial access to 3 areas of the Western Pacific Ocean. It's a large amount of space we're talking about that they were restricted. Other countries would use it, but our country couldn't use it.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker C
“the proclamation today, and the executive order last year prior to this is really going to help us. We have 3,000 families that work with us and 715 fishing families, lower 48 and Oregon, Washington, California, and Alaska, that depend on what we catch, what we process, and what we grow and sell is the healthiest protein on the planet.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
0:21
Speaker A
“with today's action, we're officially reopening nearly half a million square miles. Wow. Of water around northwestern Hawaiian Islands, northern Mariana Islands, and America. American Samoa.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
0:21
Speaker A
“this will support millions of dollars in annual harvest of bigeye tuna, swordfish, reef fish, and many other types of fish. It will protect small local fisheries and coastal communities that depend on their livelihoods.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker C
“American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands— we've got the Congresswoman here from Northern Marianas Islands— these are all American citizens. The— as Howard said, this is U.S. territorial waters, and they were closed to us and open to others, and that makes no sense.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker A
“The United States fisheries are the best managed in the world, and this action is really about balancing, you know, the interests in U.S. exclusive economic zone. You can have both ocean protection under our laws as well as sustainable fishing. And that's what this is about.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker A
“there's a tremendous seafood deficit in trade. Imports are undercutting us left and right. But seafood is healthy—”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
0:09
Speaker A
“They're taking it from your water and selling it in to the United States. That's right. The whole thing is just crazy.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker C
“Alaska provides 60% of the country's seafood. We're the state with halibut, salmon, king crab, you name it, comes from Alaska. Alaska's one— fishing in Alaska is one of the oldest industries in that entire state, employs thousands of individuals.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
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Speaker C
“this is an example again, putting America's first, America first, workers first, and really this country first. And so on behalf of Alaska, on behalf of all fishermen, And women, I want to thank you for what you're doing for this country, for the state of Alaska as well.”President Trump Signs a Proclamation, Jun. 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
0:44
Hurd
“H.R. 8473, Introduced by Representative Begich of Alaska, which would authorize HHS to utilize funds for public health veterinary services through direct service care or under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contracts and compacts. There's a correlation between unreliable veterinary services and high rates of rabies and zoonotic diseases. In a 5-year span between 2019 and 2024, 24,000 patients received ambulatory care from dog bites throughout IHS service areas.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:47
Brian Berube
“Furthermore, in Alaska, rabies remains an ongoing and ever-present public health issue. Rabies is enzoonotic— excuse me— in our fox populations in northern and western Alaska, meaning it is always present, and it poses a persistent and continual risk of transmission from wildlife to domestic animals and to people.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:43
Brian Berube
“Though these public health challenges are well known, current laws limit the ability of IHS and tribal health organizations to address them. Because IHS lacks explicit authority to provide or fund veterinary public health services, existing tribal rabies prevention programs are limited in scope and efficacy.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:28
Nick Begich
“Rabies is not a historical threat in northern and western Alaska. It's enzoonotic, meaning it is consistently present in the wildlife, and our communities live with the risk of an exposure event every single year.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:43
Nick Begich
“it directs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services to study oral rabies vaccine delivery to Arctic wildlife, tackling the upstream source of the problem at its source. This is a prevention bill. It protects children, reduces downstream costs to the federal health system, and it honors tribal self-determination.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Rodney Butler
“There wasn't the resources, there wasn't the funding, and in 25 years, absolutely nothing happened. Doesn't mean that's not important. It's clearly— it shows the level of importance Commerce and to various administrations, but that was the main hurdle for it not moving forward. And so without resources, I mean, it's just an empty promise.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Brian Berube
“Our tribal health organizations, um, in western and northern Alaska, we provide rabies shots, but with no access to especially spay and neuter services, there's no way you can keep up. You know, a dog gets a rabies shot in the first year of its life, it needs one the following year, it needs one every 3 years after that. So there's no way for us to keep up with the risk from vaccinating the dog.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:43
Hurd
“The Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act of 2000 was enacted to help identify and remove federal barriers to investment barriers to business development, as well as barriers to wealth creation in Indian Country. Under current law, the Secretary of Commerce was directed to create a 21-member authority to carry out that work, with Interior serving as a supporting role.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
0:57
Rodney Butler
“having one department gather all of that information in one, essentially a resource for all agencies and all tribes to point to and say, these are the regulatory hurdles, and now we can, now that we know what they are, and we're all, again, in the canoe paddling in the same direction, we can now address these issues collectively.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Speaker C
“Chairman Hurd's H.R. 8954, The Tribal Regulatory Reform Regulatory Reform Act takes an important step to boost economic opportunities in Indian Country. It transfers all administrative responsibilities and jurisdiction of the Indian Tribal Regulatory Reform and Business Development Act from the Department of Commerce to the Interior.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Rodney Butler
“consolidating the focus under the Department of Interior allows us to look, you know, cross-program and work within the the structure of the existing, I mean, you have the stack structure within Interior that's similar to the TTAC. And so the examples are there and it's working, working well.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Brian Berube
“60% of diseases people get have origins in animals. Dogs themselves are known to transmit over 70 different illnesses between animals and people. So I think there's this obviously the physical health component of it, but I think when you talk about Alaska Native people in particular, dogs are very, very important members of their family, parts of society, part of their culture and everything.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Brian Berube
“40 Of the roughly 450 residents of Marshall, Alaska, are actually undergoing post-exposure treatment after being exposed by a dog who had come in contact with a rabid fox. And this is not a once-off, this is a fairly common occurrence in our state.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026
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Nick Begich
“The underlying cause is straightforward. IHS does not have explicit statutory authority to provide or fund the basic veterinary services—rabies vaccination, spay and neuter, parasite and disease prevention—that stop zoonotic disease before it reaches a person and prevent the bite that puts a child in an emergency room.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs (Begich): Legislative Hearing · Jun 9, 2026