On the recordJuly 8, 2025
While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.
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slate.comWhile we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.
Murkowski acknowledges the bill's inadequacies for the broader American population.
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I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country when you look to Medicaid and SNAP.
I had to look on balance, because the people in my state are the ones that I put first.
It is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.