Peltola also highlighted the success of efforts to get federal approval for the Willow project on the North Slope. As we speak, ice roads are being laid and construction is getting underway. The first of thousands of Alaska jobs are being created with new wages rippling out into the broader community. I believe it was Senator Click Bishop who told me that recently he stepped into a hardware store in Fairbanks and the shelves were nearly cleared. (00:59–01:06)
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Asserts that the Willow project is creating thousands of jobs in Alaska.
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