Video Clips
Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.
Miles Smith
“All those in favor of adopting Ordinance 1240 As amended, please signify by saying aye.”Cordova: August 5, 2026, Public Hearing & Council Meeting · Aug 5, 2026
Miles Smith
“So what are we going to do about it? Because it's a problem that the city has made. Now the city has to fix it.”Cordova: August 5, 2026, Public Hearing & Council Meeting · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“I'd like to move for immediate reconsideration.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“Seeing and hearing none, then this item is indefinitely postponed.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“On a vote of 5 to 6, um, that, uh, AR 2026-182 S2 as amended has failed the body, or has failed to pass the body.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“At this point, I'm a no vote, end of. I will not be voting to move forward in an investigation because I'm not hearing that it can be done in the manner that the assembly is attempting to request via these, these amendments.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“that can be— or that must be done by someone who is in the prevailing side. Because it was a no and Mr. Perez-Fría was a no, then that would be in order.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“Think about the politicized process that we are setting precedent for. I as a member can just make any accusation I want, and if I have a majority as my team and we're going after a minority member minority used in the sense of political minority.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“On a vote of 12 to 0, this item is now continued to the meeting of October 6th, and again, intent to schedule a work session, uh, between now and then.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“we are at this point are torturing this with these amendments, and I don't think that we're necessarily going to get to a factual basis that we're all, we're all saying, hey, look, these, this accusation, this list of accusations has been vetted, it's in context, it actually pertains to the section of code that we're trying to use.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“the problem is I don't— I no longer believe the accusation document knowing what I know now. I think it is flawed. I think the accusation document puts forward campaign activity which is totally separate from removal code to begin with.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“Second. Okay, there's a motion to immediately reconsider by Mr. Perez-Fría, second by Mr. Volland. Do you want to speak to that, Mr. Perez-Fría? Uh, nope, I encourage a no vote.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“you might want to consider including as a voting member of the advisory board a board member of one of the road service areas that provide access to the park, given their familiarity with road conditions.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“our neighborhood supports CASA, but I think in order to succeed and continue, it needs to be balanced and fair.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“the underlying conflict that this is going to surface will not go away until we resolve it. And so whether this thing exists or not, that is what we're going to have to deal with.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“we do not believe a small number of people should be able to leverage a large number of people by withholding entering into cooperative agreements.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“My name is Barbara Hood. I'm a resident of Stuck Again. We're the Bashir neighborhood.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Anna Brawley
“Okay, on a vote of 3 to 8, um, this item, uh, is not going to be reconsidered, so that motion has failed.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“I think there are, there are recommendations that we can put in, in place that will help ensure that, as Member Baldwin-Day described, the purpose of assembly travel, that that is being met.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Daniel Volland
“I'm representing the Board of Supervisors of the Glen Alps Road Service Area, or GARSA. We manage the roads that go to the 2 busiest trailheads at Chugach State Park, Glen Alps and the Rabbit Lake Sunnyside Flattop. We support the proposed ordinance and the creation of a CASA advisory board.”Anchorage Assembly: Assembly Regular - August 4, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Lisa Murkowski
“I do think that it departs from the bill that Senator Daines has introduced and probably make it harder for parties to reach the revenue sharing agreement that is required in the base text here.”Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S.1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe. · Aug 5, 2026
Lisa Murkowski
“On this vote, the ayes are 6, the nays are 5. The ayes have it. The bill as amended is agreed to and reported favorably to the Senate.”Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to modify the notification requirement for emergency contract health services for certain beneficiaries, S.1514, to take certain land in the State of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation, S.3219, to transfer certain Federal land into trust for certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, and H.R.2400, to take certain Federal land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pit River Tribe. · Aug 5, 2026
Andrew Gray
“In Alaska today, it is against the law for a non-US citizen to vote in a local or state or federal election. It is against the law. And how do we know that? Because in 2023, we arrested 11 people in Whittier for voting.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Nancy Dahlstrom
“Unlike legislation that's debated in the legislature, this initiative cannot be amended or altered.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“These American nationals are not allowed to vote in local and state elections in Alaska, and that's why they were arrested. So when you say we have a loophole, wouldn't that loophole have applied to these American nationals to be able to vote? I don't understand where the loophole is.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“We're going to add this and it's going to change nothing in Alaska. And that's unfortunate because we do need to change it because a terrible injustice is happening”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Mike Chenault
“In this year alone, the Los Angeles City Council moved forward a proposal to allow non-citizens voting in city and school board elections.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Mike Chenault
“It closes a loophole before someone tries to exploit it. And it makes clear once and for all that in Alaska, only U.S. citizens vote.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“Where is the loophole? Why are we putting people in jail or charging them with crimes if it's not a crime?”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“Because it's just simply not the law. It's misleading. We don't need this language.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“in the United States today, Alaska has a larger American Samoan population than any other state behind Hawaii. So it— this is a real issue in our state.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“I would love to have the freedom as a legislator to bring forth legislation that might allow American Samoans in Alaska who are American nationals but not U.S. citizens to vote in local and school board elections so that we don't have what happened in Whittier where 11 people were arrested”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“They are American nationals. They are from American Samoa. They carry an American passport. That's the only passport they have.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Tama Solanoa
“It says the bearer is a United States national and not a United States citizen. So that can be found in my government issued, my federally issued document that I received. I am a US national. I am not an alien. I am not a citizen.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Andrew Gray
“In 2023, when Tupe Smith and Whittier was encouraged to run for school board by teachers at the school where she volunteered, um, and then was elected, it wasn't because she thought she was exploiting a loophole. The folks didn't understand that they couldn't vote. American Samoans didn't know. And at the time, neither did the Anchorage Elections Office nor the Division of Elections itself when people were seeking clarity on this issue, if they could vote.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Mike Chenault
“That clarity matters. It helps prevent confusion. It closes potential loopholes.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Mike Chenault
“It closes the gap and makes Alaska law unmistakably clear.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Mike Chenault
“The current law says citizens may vote. It does not specifically say that only citizens can vote. This initiative fixes that.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Tama Solanoa
“A lot of people don't realize that I am not allowed to vote, and even some of my colleagues and friends, when they hear that I don't have a right to vote in this day and age, they are taken aback in a sense that they don't understand why I can't vote.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Tama Solanoa
“If this ballot initiative passes, the opportunity for the Alaska Legislature to allow for American Samoans to vote in local and state is taken away. It ties their hands and prevents them from ameliorating a huge injustice.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-1130 Ballot Measure 3 Hearing
Calvin Schrage
“By voting yes, Alaskans are choosing to reinstate fair, reasonable, and constitutional campaign limits.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-0900 - Ballot Measure 1 Hearing · Aug 5, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“instead adjust these limits every 10 years based on the inflation over that 10-year period to ensure that they do stay up to date, limiting candidates from receiving very large, potentially corrupting donations”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-0900 - Ballot Measure 1 Hearing · Aug 5, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“the courts have upheld campaign contribution limits, recognizing that the risk of corruption is a true and real danger to our democracy.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-0900 - Ballot Measure 1 Hearing · Aug 5, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“that changed in 2021 when a federal court struck down Alaska's voter-approved campaign contribution limits, resulting in elections where a donor can give unlimited amounts directly to a candidate.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-0900 - Ballot Measure 1 Hearing · Aug 5, 2026
Calvin Schrage
“In 2006, 73% of Alaskan voters confirmed these values by supporting strict contribution limits to keep big money from dominating our political landscape.”Alaska Legislature: MISC-20260805-0900 - Ballot Measure 1 Hearing · Aug 5, 2026
Bryce Edgmon
“Will the House please come to order. Will the clerk please note those members present.”Alaska Legislature: House Floor Session, 8/3/26, 1030am
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