Lisa Murkowski actually said...

This is not the time or the place to develop the world's largest open pit mine on the backs of the tribal nations of this region.

We have sacrificed a lot on the Yukon, from salmon gear to fishing times, of the whole people on Yukon River.

Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.

This is not a check the box. This is not something that I had to do. This is something that I want to do, because I hear you.