Lisa Murkowski: “Certainly, it is the intention of the Senator from Alaska not to exclude any. My interest just happens to be in salmon.…”

“Certainly, it is the intention of the Senator from Alaska not to exclude any. My interest just happens to be in salmon. The rationale behind that is, we have a considerable amount of salmon that is canned in our State and in the State of Washington, and we look to find relief in selling a portion of that to the USDA in their food program. Much to our chagrin, we find out unless that particular pack has an additional inspection, we cannot break into that market. It is pretty hard to explain why there should have to be an additional inspector in a cannery above and beyond the inspections that are required to put it on the consumer shelf.”