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Mary Peltola: “We were able to get a lot of capital programs, capital…”

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

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Breaking Bread, Sharing Salad & Final Four Voting: Alaska Representative Mary Peltola

Published | Video Starts at 09:16

We refer to our most remote places in Alaska as the Bush and there were ten of us, five Republicans, five Democrats, and our coalition, we were very productive. We were able to get a lot of capital programs, capital projects, a lot of good programs that benefited people throughout the state, education funding. But because we had that bipartisan group of ten out of 40, we were very successful. And a lot of Bush legislators, we have to be practical. (09:16–09:25)

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Asserts that the Bush caucus was able to secure capital programs, projects, and education funding benefiting people throughout Alaska.

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