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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Glenn Graham

“I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand.”

Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research. · Jul 22, 2026

Patty Murray “the president's budget proposes a substantial reduction to VA's research program, not only through cuts to dedicated research appropriations, but also through reduced support from medical care accounts and lower projected reimbursements that many of our research programs rely on. Those reductions raise very serious concern about VA's ability to sustain its ongoing research and continue developing new innovations that improve our veterans' care.”

Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research. · Jul 22, 2026

Glenn Graham

“I was struck by the fact that people who had gone through the entire recruitment process up to basically signing on would sometimes decline jobs. I tried to get a specific percentage of that, it's hard to know. Although one media source said that early in the first part of 2025, there were about 40% of jobs offered to physicians in the VA were declined.”

Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research. · Jul 22, 2026

Patty Murray “I just want to emphasize what I made— comment I made in the opening remark about the pending OMB rule that would really undermine our current system and allow— take away decision-making power from our experienced scientists and just allow political appointees, whether this administration or into the future, decide where research is going to go. That is really concerning to VA researchers. We need decisions based on science, not based on somebody's mad at somebody or political decision in any administration.”

Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research. · Jul 22, 2026

Daniel Volland “it says, the assembly intends to censure as its complete and proportionate response to this matter. Upon Assemblymember Martinez's full compliance with the commission's order, the assembly considers the matter closed and contemplates no further action arising from the conduct addressed in the commission's order. So for my part, I'm not ready to close the book on this, and I'm more interested in activities that are related to Assembly travel and activities related to an official capacity.”

Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - July 21, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026

Mike Lee “Yes. You know my answer, Senator. Yes. Okay, nobody said heck yes or more than that, but good. I'm glad to hear yes.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “with 40% of the nation's hydropower fleet being up for relicensing, 40% in the next 4 years, do you agree that we need to streamline and look for ways to simplify the hydropower licensing and relicensing process at a time when we are constrained brain as we look forward here. Just like to hear from each of you. Do you think we need to simplify and streamline it?”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “Chairman Sweat, there are multiple large hydropower projects up for relicensing in Montana, including the Thompson DAM. Will you work closely with resource agencies and push back against indirect or costly mandatory conditions imposed by agencies on existing projects? Thank you, Senator. Yes, we are spending an inordinate amount of time on hydro during this commission right now, more than this commission ever has focused on it, because it is so important, because those licenses are coming up for renewal and I myself am personally actively pushing back on those types of conditions when I become aware of them and they hold our processes up.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “This bill is very simple. It requires all conditions to be directly related to a project.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Catherine Cortez Masto “your own data shows increased demand for hydro licensing activities in the next decade, right? With more than 40% of the non-federal hydropower fleet due to be relicensed, I think by 2035. For that reason, Senator Daines and I, actually working together, introduced S. 3500, which is the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act, and it requires annual FERC reports to Congress on pending projects and action plans.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “There's one source of energy that has bipartisan cooperation, support is hydropower. Uh, it's a renewable source of energy. It's great baseload power. It's low cost. And this week I introduced the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act with Senators Risch and Murkowski.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

John Barrasso “it's critically important that Wyoming's concerns are thoughtfully and carefully considered in this process. So, Madam Chairman, I would ask you and others if you would commit to taking a renewed look at the state's comments and consider their incorporation into your final decision?”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “Absolutely. Let's go a little left to right here. Yeah. Yes. Thank you.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Steve Daines “right now resource agencies can put mandatory conditions in hydropower licenses. While FERC is the agency that grants the permits for non-federal hydropower projects, resource agencies like the Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service can set mandatory conditions on a license that FERC, you all, issue. This can also happen during a relicensing of an existing project. Unfortunately, this process can be abused. Resource agencies can end up on a wish list of projects that have no direct connection to a hydropower dam.”

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (Murkowski): An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Regulatory Commission. · Jul 22, 2026

Susan Collins “Maine continues to face a serious shortage of nurses, particularly in our rural communities where hospitals struggle to recruit and retain staff. This shortage is driven by a severe shortage of nursing faculty. Our bill would help to strengthen the nursing workforce by reauthorizing critical programs that support nursing education, expand access to clinical training, and help schools prepare more students for careers in nursing.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Bill Cassidy “we're also marking up Senator Sanders' Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act. This bill increases transparency for families around ultra-processed food and restricts targeting of junk food ads towards kids.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Tammy Baldwin “This bipartisan amendment would restore a pilot program for uninsured patients to access insulin for $35 a month and a resource center to help patients afford and access affordable insulin. Both of these policies were in the original text of the Insulin Act, but unfortunately are not in the manager's amendment before us today.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Tammy Baldwin “As drafted, the legislation could require many dairy products, including milk, cheese, and yogurt to carry an FDA warning label unless the FDA chooses to exempt them through its regulatory authority. This places tremendous weight on agency discretion rather than providing a clear direction in statute. I oppose this bill today because I think we have more work to do to get this right.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Susan Collins “Our bill would cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for individuals who are on commercial insurance plans. According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 40% of people with diabetes have rationed or skipped insulin doses due to the cost.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Bill Cassidy “The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, championed by Senators Marshall and Hickenlooper, will make pricing information more easily available, empowering patients to compare prices and to pick the highest quality affordable option for care.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Susan Collins “I support this amendment and pleased to be the principal co-sponsor. The original bill that we reintroduced in this Congress had this provision in it in an attempt to move the bill along. We agreed to take it out and decide it at the committee level. But I think it's important that we not leave this population, the most vulnerable population, behind.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Bernie Sanders “in America today we have an obesity epidemic and a diabetes epidemic. They are both directly related and they are both getting worse. More than 35 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, over 10% of our population.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Susan Collins “I am concerned that his bill will not truly combat diabetes. That's why the diabetes advocacy groups have not taken a position on this bill. But it will have the unintended consequence of making food more expensive for Americans.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Bill Cassidy “The Insulin Act, sponsored by Senators Collins and Shaheen, caps how much patients pay for insulin, preserving access for the 40 million Americans with diabetes.”

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to reduce the price of insulin and provide for patient protections with respect to the cost of insulin, S.4974, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to food safety, S.5026, to require warning labels on sugar-sweetened foods and beverages, foods and beverages containing high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-processed foods, and foods high in nutrients of concern, such as added sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, to restrict junk food advertising to children, S.1414, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide that clinical studies required for licensure of biological products as biosimilar shall not be required to include the assessment of immunogenicity, pharmacodynamics, or comparative clinical efficacy, S.3788, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug labeling to include original manufacturer and supply chain information, S.3794, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to further regulate compounding pharmacies and outsourcing facilities, S.494, to establish a national plan to coordinate research on epilepsy, S.4110, to revise and extend health workforce programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act, S.1874, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain nursing workforce development programs, and S.380, to improve obstetric emergency care. · Jul 22, 2026

Maxwell Sumner “without the sales tax All that it is is a tax transfer. If you're still spending the same amount of money, you know, because, I mean, we set our— as a body, we are setting our mill rate to cover our revenue requirement. If you're spending the same amount of money, then doing a residential property tax exemption just transfers the tax burden from property owners, these property owners to other property owners. And that would be adversarial to rentals, be adversarial to commercial buildings.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Michael Bowles “this does not solve a problem of high property taxes at all. Um, what this does is bring in another tax on top of the taxes we already have. So this does not solve a problem, this creates a new problem, a new tax that, um, I know is going to cause us to pay more money.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “if there's a $75,000 exemption on your property, you're getting about a $700 a year break. So that's what you'll be voting on.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Dmitri Fonov “we want it to be fair across the board. There's a lot of Matsuburo piece for schools that are within the, um, city limits a lot of people go who are outside of the city limits to shop in the city. So to make it fair, why is— most of the Three Bears, I think, are outside of the city limits. So therefore, why would we punish them?”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Maxwell Sumner “with the 1% sales tax being passed, we would have additional revenue coming in. So you wouldn't have to offset the revenue loss to the area-wide, for example, for example, by increasing the mill rate to spread the tax burden. So this would, you know, basically you'd be transferring— it'd be a property tax reduction for owner-occupied houses, and it would be a small sales tax.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Dee McKee “I know that the voters have made it very clear that they don't want us taking more of their money. I'm not sure we accomplished that tonight. Maybe with the outside revenue coming in in taxes, that might help a little bit. It's an experiment.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Michael Bowles “We just We as a body just moved something to the ballot that will increase our taxes if the voters vote for this. This is how it started in Anchorage, and I vowed— I vowed when I ran for this position that I would do everything possible to be a brick wall against the things that are happening in Anchorage bleeding out here, and we just allowed something to happen here that's happening in Anchorage. So I'm kind of disgusted by this, honestly.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Bill Gamble “Can you tell me how this $75,000 reduction in residential property tax is going to affect the fire service areas, the road service areas, and any other non-area-wide?”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “if you don't do anything, if you don't adjust the mill rate, uh, somebody in Sutton, the far-flung areas that are playing paying 16— Sutton, up the, up the Susitna area, who are paying 16 mills, they're going to see like an over $1,000 break on their taxes. But if you adjust the mill rate for the FSA and RSA to bring the revenues— what the manager is talking about— if you adjust the mill rates for the, the FSA and the RSA, they're still going to get the break on their area-wide taxes.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Stephanie Nowers “this is the only proposal that we've had before us that ensures the benefit of reduced property taxes only accrues to people who live here. Every other proposal we've talked about would benefit large outside corporations who do business here and will not pass the savings on to us. This is the only one that ensures the full benefit of a $75,000 property tax exemption would go to only people that live here.”

Mat-Su Borough: Assembly Meeting - July 21. 2026 · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“Stanford University recently published a headline that read, and I quote, "AI hiring tools can yield racial bias." and systemic rejection with their hiring. And this was in their human-centered artificial intelligence area. And this was dated May 26, 2026, if you want to, you know, look it up yourself. So, this is bad because so many businesses, schools, governments, and organizations are using AI to evaluate applicants.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“When students are expected to do creative work, you can't use AI to be doing that because you'll get a canned look that looks stale and stereotypical. And because AI doesn't know, you know, the meaning behind what a lot of the artwork is about.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Kelly Monteleone

“What about our form line art, and how is AI a threat to copy or redefine the art form? The artist can manipulate form line by 1/16 of an inch and it matters.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“Write your own material, you know, because in spite of, you know, students or potential students thinking, you know, that they're disguising, you know, their submissions as being authored by them. It's very, very easily recognizable as being written by AI.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“Applications that were easily identifiable as being written by artificial intelligence. No human wrote those submissions, you know. And so we faculty, we didn't know what to make about that, you know, at first going, wait a second, this is about creativity and these students are using AI to write these really critical statements. And that was not okay.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“This points to an ethics weakness that are starting to appear with the usage of AI as a systemic tool, especially when humans are removed from hiring decisions.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“AI is kind of like this drunken car, you know, going 200 miles an hour, you know, down a busy street, and there's no guardrails or very little guardrails. And that's the scary part.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“in the age of artificial intelligence, artists need to be more innovative with making a living as artists. We need to be innovative and reassert the authenticity of our art in the face of AI.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“I witnessed it myself, you know, because I'd sit on committees, you know, as a faculty member, and we'd be evaluating student applications to our programs. And you know what? That's one of the things that I was able to notice because I do a lot of writing. I was able to spot AI, you know?”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“It's balance and AI can't do that. Thank you, Dorothy. Yes, I would totally agree with that. I don't think AI has the ability to really do maybe what we could call is a proper form line. At least I haven't seen it yet.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“I'm going to talk about the artist statement just really briefly. It's what you need to author yourself because authenticity is an important aspect of all of it.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Larry McNeil

“AI artist statements and essays are becoming clones of each other, And if there are 50 openings for students and 50 of the essays are identical, that will stand out as the essays written by a real person will stand out. You'll be able to see it. I mean, I know this from personal experience because I've seen it myself. You know, it wasn't 50 of them. I think we had 37 applicants.”

Sealaska Heritage Institute: Lecture: Continue Making a Living as an Artist and Avoid Being Replaced by AI | Sealaska Heritage · Jul 21, 2026

Trevor Storrs “operational grants, were at $2.4 million, and then pilot this year was just, was at one, how many, $1.1 million. Christina? 1.25.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-07-15 Meeting Recording · Jul 21, 2026

Trevor Storrs “we will be drafting a letter, and today we're going to go through 2 scenarios. One is ASD and best beginnings remains within our budget and what that looks like and how does that play into the overall look.”

Anchorage Assembly: ACCEE Fund Board Meeting 2026-07-15 Meeting Recording · Jul 21, 2026

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