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Lisa Murkowski: the notion that the State must pay for the final lands entitled to it under the statehood act is equally wrongheaded.

On the recordMay 6, 2013
the notion that the State must pay for the final lands entitled to it under the statehood act is equally wrongheaded.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski criticizes the idea of Alaska paying for promised statehood lands.

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