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Lisa Murkowski: “What we're trying to do with this Sealaska bill is to try to keep the timber industry hanging on.”

On the recordMay 24, 2011
What we're trying to do with this Sealaska bill is to try to keep the timber industry hanging on.
Said by
Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Murkowski emphasizes the importance of the Sealaska bill for sustaining the timber industry.

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