Mary Peltola: “I, too, am frustrated by the projected cost overruns and the protracted timeline on the Polar Security Cutter program.”

Alaska has always been a leader in energy production, and as an independent voice for Alaskans, I will always stand up to anyone to invest in Alaska energy production so that we can create good-paying jobs and lower energy costs.

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

We are being priced out of petroleum, and we’re being priced out of our lives in Alaska, because of the war in Iran.

Our fight is not against small and mid-size boats that keep communities like Kodiak strong. It’s against the out of state corporate greed that leads to wanton waste and damage to our sea floor.