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Don Young: “If they think it doesn't hurt the subsistence, then that is who we should listen to.”

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
If they think it doesn't hurt the subsistence, then that is who we should listen to.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Young emphasizes local opinions over external opposition to development.

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