Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Speaker A
“while the large railroads are attempting to find any avenue they can to skew the message on my amendment. Two-person crews are already the standard across all major railroads in America. There is $0 impact to their expenses and $0 impact to their bottom line.”House: H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration · May 21, 2026
Speaker A
“In just one year, 22,543 hazardous material incidents on highways and only 297 freight rail hazmat incidents. But let's get that 297 down to zero.”House: H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration · May 21, 2026
Speaker A
“Since the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, nearly 3.5 years ago, this committee has not considered rail safety legislation until today.”House: H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration · May 21, 2026
Speaker A
“the use of automated track inspection technologies, which have the capability to identify hundreds of defects compared to visual inspections, Make it possible for railroads to prioritize track maintenance and to deploy their maintenance and repair personnel more efficiently, often resulting in more maintenance job and work for employees, and most importantly, more safety.”House: H.R. 8870, Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-term Development for America's 250th Act (BUILD America 250 Act); and other matters cleared for consideration · May 21, 2026
Speaker A
“some courts use the "Lodestar" method, allowing nonprofit lawyers to set their own reasonable hourly rates and billable hours. These figures are usually just rubber-stamped by the courts because they spend time Because time spent by the Department of Justice contesting fee awards is added to a nonprofit group's ultimate windfall.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing titled “The Profit Engine Driving Environmental Nonprofits.” · May 20, 2026
Speaker A
“Between fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2024, federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service paid an estimated $24.8 million in Equal Access to Justice Act awards, with roughly 76% of that going to environmental nonprofits instead of forest management or energy development projects. Likewise, Endangered Species Act fee-shifting payments totaled more than $20.2 million over the last 5 years.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing titled “The Profit Engine Driving Environmental Nonprofits.” · May 20, 2026
Speaker B
“The Equal Access to Justice Act, is primarily utilized by seniors and veterans.”House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Begich): Oversight Hearing titled “The Profit Engine Driving Environmental Nonprofits.” · May 20, 2026