Mary Peltola: “It's also a project that is of life-and-death importance to my constituents in Alaska.”

Tonight shows Alaskans are fired up and ready for an independent voice in the Senate who will fix the rigged system, lower costs, and put Alaska first.

Our construction windows are so short in Alaska. They’re like nowhere else. Developing in the Arctic is so unique.

If we preclude Alaskans from being able to harvest Chinook, that means we’re precluding them from harvesting just about everything during the summer.

I support oil and gas development. Alaska needs energy, and we have a wealth of resources that could be developed. However, the unintended consequences of this bill are too significant to allow it to pass.