Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 10, 2023
Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.
Said by
Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski asserts the importance of tribal rights and subsistence fishing in the face of the salmon crisis.

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