You know, the administration, our gubernatorial administration, is actually suing the federal government because of this attempted preemptive veto of the project out in that region of our state. And They're suing for hundreds of billions of dollars because when the state selected these lands, they did so at statehood because they recognized the mineral potential for this region. And to preemptively take that off the table is a taking. That's a taking of the state of Alaska's resources from Alaskans. And so here we are. (24:52–25:06)
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