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Mary Peltola: “We are getting a lot of phone calls from Alaskans who are…”

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

Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill

Published October 18, 2023 | Video Starts at 03:43

We just saw for the second time that Jim Jordan failed to get the votes after House Republicans nominated him. Where does this thing go from here? What do you tell your district, your constituents back home? Well, We are getting a lot of phone calls from Alaskans who are very concerned about this [speakership issue]. and really emphasizing the need for us to get a speaker and on the votes that we've done so far, either the 15 at the beginning in January or the … (03:43–03:48)

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“We have now 30 days before the next federal shutdown.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 01:27-01:31
“We have nine spending bills that we still need to get passed.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 01:30-01:35
“We've done three [spending bills].”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 01:30-01:35
“The deadline that we're looking at right now is November 17.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 01:49-01:53
“He worked in federal service for over 30 years, I think 37 years.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 02:11-02:17
“We have got to embrace this mentality that if you are an American, regardless of what party you belong to, we are on the same team.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 05:34-05:42
“We all want our kids to go to good schools, drive on good roads, have clean air and water, have a livable wage.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 05:43-05:51
“Our only real requirement is to pass spending bills.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 06:21-06:27
“Alaska has a grid that we really do need to make sure has more redundancy and is more fail safe.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 08:08-08:19
“This infusion of money is going to help Alaska make sure that we have storage capacity and transmission capacity, also allowing renewables…”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 08:21-08:36
“Alaska is the size of a small country. We're very, very big. We're twice the size of Texas, three times the size of California.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 08:36-08:44
“We're very excited about this $206.5 million grant that we'll be receiving for three separate projects.”
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola sits down for her first interview upon return to Capitol Hill | Uploaded October 18, 2023 | 09:07-09:14