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Lisa Murkowski: “So when a family finishes up dinner, does the dishes, puts the kids to bed in Alaska, 9 p.m. is 1 a.m.”

On the recordNovember 4, 2013
So when a family finishes up dinner, does the dishes, puts the kids to bed in Alaska, 9 p.m. is 1 a.m.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski highlights the inconvenience of exchange downtime for Alaskans due to time zone differences.

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