These are discussions that we have, that go on, and they are not done in public, but it needs to be talked about.
We cannot come to grips politically with that.
Something is just not right there when you take everything away from a hardworking individual and say, guess what? Now you are going to be a...
I think, again, what we are talking about is if you make $250,000 a year--or, 110.
The State should take the enforcement primacy, responsible for the enforcement.
By God, I knew politics would enter into it sooner or later.
If they'd let you all sit down and work it out, we'd be in good shape.
I can't tell you how much this--how enjoyable this has been, and how much I've learned.
The ethics is very clear here.
There should be, you know, the balance between the users and the managers.
We don't think the State is doing the job it should be doing to make sure that there's a coexistence.
The Federal Government should be my partner.
But the 1-percent of the fish subsistence that takes care of the Native Alaskans is encroached upon by the expansion of commercial fishing.
I'm very much protective of the Tenth Amendment, States' rights.
The subsistence takers of the Chinook salmon have been regulated to the point where we cannot get nothing.
I'm trying to understand because I would be probably more in tune with the environment of hunting and fishing and outdoors than maybe a lot ...
I believe very strongly in the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Being a former Governor, I will protect that position until my last brea...
The whole cycle. You're saying the whole cycle is not taken into consideration----
