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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
But I do want to impress upon you that right now the community leaders, the mayors of the Borough of the Kenai Peninsula, as well as within the Anchorage area, they are coming to me, not for more in appropriations, because they are not counting on that, they are counting on me for congressionally directed spending.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski emphasizes the need for congressionally directed spending to address fire threats in Alaska.

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