Lisa Murkowski: “I just want to state my very sincere and genuine appreciation to you, Mr. Sampson, and all the efforts that EDA has made…”

ALS is indiscriminate and devastating. It can strike any of us, and it will take all of us working together to support those affected and help end this terminal disease.

It doesn’t appear to me that it puts us in that much of a different position than prior to the beginning of the war.

I am also keenly aware that the Department’s nearly $2-billion dollar slush fund—which likely would have rewarded January 6 protesters—is only off the table because this nomination is pending and the Senate has leverage.

This is more good news for King Cove and all who care about the health, safety, and wellbeing of the hundreds of people who live there.