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Mary Peltola: “I was able to sit in the room with both of our senators and…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

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Peltola, Begich appear at statewide oil & gas conference

Published | Video Starts at 16:31

Why do you think it is that you have so little influence with your colleagues in the House when it comes to Alaska resources? I think this is a funny question, because, again, I was able to sit in the room with both of our senators and convince the president of the United States that we need to listen to the people of the North Slope borough. We need to listen to Alaska natives. AFN backed the Willow project entirely. Alaskans only. Alaska only works when we're all working together. (16:31–16:43)

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Asserts that she convinced the President to listen to the people of the North Slope borough.

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