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Ted Stevens

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Ted Stevens was a prominent U.S. Senator from Alaska, serving from 1968 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his influential role in shaping federal policies related to aviation, telecommunications, and infrastructure. Stevens was a key advocate for modernizing the air traffic control system, emphasizing the need for quick action to prevent aviation gridlock. His tenure was marked by significant contributions to Alaska's development and federal funding for various projects in the state. Stevens was the longest-serving senator in Alaska's history and held several leadership positions, including Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman.

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October 26, 2023

Joe Walker is not a number.

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Oct 26, 2023

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

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Aug 22, 2022

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.

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Jun 27, 2022

The portraits of Senator Harry Reid and Senator Ted Stevens are the first additions to the leadership series since 2011.

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Mar 15, 2022

Then-U.S. Senator, Ted Stevens, encouraged the community to actively explore and develop our first hydro facility, Delta Creek.

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Mar 15, 2022

Starting in the late 1980s, then-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens encouraged the community to actively explore and develop our first hydro facility.

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Oct 22, 2019

it is the wrong mine for the wrong place.

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Oct 19, 2018

Thanks to the foresight of Senator Ted Stevens and his congressional colleagues in establishing the North Pacific Research Board in 1997.

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Feb 14, 2018

A country that picks up or identifies a launch might legitimately worry whether the weapon carries a nuclear or conventional payload.

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Aug 22, 2017

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

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May 17, 2016

In 2003, Alaska's own Senator Ted Stevens singled out Alaska Tribes for exceptionally harsh financial restrictions.

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Feb 26, 2014

[I]n 1995, 60 factory trawlers discarded nearly as much fish in the Bering Sea as was kept in the New England lobster fishery, the Atlantic mackerel fishery, the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery, the Pacific sablefish fishery, and the North…

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