04/01/2014
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"The system from Kodiak up around, would be around $400 million to build. But over time, it will save ten times that, or a hundred times that, in costs to the Federal Government and the State governmen..."
"In Alaska, we don't have Tribal lands. And I want to make sure that he is talking about the villages in Alaska that have ANCSA lands, they are not Tribal."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the hearing and I apologize that I wasn't here for your opening comments."
"I am concerned that the FCC is there looking to reform that they have not adequately considered the unique situation that we face up there in Alaska."