On the recordJuly 7, 2025
What’s good for Alaska is not necessarily good for the country; this bill is not good for many Americans in the country.
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democracynow.orgWhat’s good for Alaska is not necessarily good for the country; this bill is not good for many Americans in the country.
Murkowski highlights the bill's negative implications for Americans outside Alaska.
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I hope you feel the urgency that I’m trying to express on behalf of the people in rural Alaska and I think in many parts of rural America where this is their lifeline.
If you're a Democrat, you're looking at it and you say, 'Why? Why am I going to try to be helpful if Mr. Vought at OMB is just going to do a back-door move and rescind what we've been working on?'
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.