It is a highway, and I was the co chair for Don Young's 2020 campaign, and it was something that he reemphasized, not just here in southeast, but throughout the state, that The Alaska Marine highway system is a marine highway and should be funded in a manner consistent with that. I believe that in order to ensure that the marine highway system is adequately financed and funded, we need to make sure that it's a permanent part of the way that our highway funding formula is managed and maintained at the federal level. (10:18–10:27)
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Asserts that the Alaska Marine Highway System should receive funding similar to other highways.
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