Mary Peltola Explained

Mary Peltola
Office:Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition
Alongside:Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Term Start:May 24, 2023
Predecessor:Jim Costa
State1:Alaska
Term Start1:September 13, 2022
Predecessor1:Don Young
Office2:Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Term Start2:January 19, 1999
Term End2:January 19, 2009
Predecessor2:Ivan Ivan
Successor2:Bob Herron
Birth Name:Mary Sattler
Birth Date:31 August 1973
Birth Place:Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:
    Children:7
    Citizenship:
    Orutsararmiut Native Council

    Mary Sattler Peltola[1] (born August 31, 1973) is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from since September 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councilor, and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.

    Peltola defeated Republicans former governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election to succeed Don Young, who died in March that year. It was the first election to take place under the state's new ranked-choice voting system. In doing so, she became the first Alaska Native member of Congress,[2] the first woman to represent Alaska in the House, the first person born in Alaska to serve in the House, and the first Democrat elected to the House from Alaska since Nick Begich Sr. in 1972. She is also the only member who is Russian Orthodox.[2]

    She was reelected to a full term in the state's regularly scheduled election in November 2022.[3] As of 2024, Peltola is the only Democrat holding statewide office in Alaska.

    Early life and education

    Born Mary Sattler, Peltola is Yup'ik (Alaska Native) from Western Alaska. She was born in Anchorage on August 31, 1973.[4] Her Yup'ik name is Akalleq .[5] [6] Peltola's father, Ward Sattler, a German-American from Nebraska, moved to Alaska to work as a pilot and teacher.[7] Her mother, Elizabeth "LizAnn" Piicigaq Williams, is Yup'ik from Kwethluk. Peltola was raised in the communities of Kwethluk, Tuntutuliak, Platinum, and Bethel.[8] As a child, she traveled with her father around Alaska as he campaigned for Congressman Don Young.

    Peltola studied elementary education at the University of Northern Colorado (1991 to 1993) and later took courses at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1994 to 1995), University of Alaska Southeast (1995 to 1997), and University of Alaska Anchorage (1997 to 1998).[9] As a college student, she worked as a herring and salmon technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

    In 1995, Peltola won the Miss National Congress of American Indians pageant. In the competition, she performed two Yup'ik dances and wore traditional clothing, including a squirrel skin parka, wolf hair headdress, and mukluks.[10]

    Early career

    In 1996, Peltola was an intern in the Alaska Legislature. Later that year, she ran for a Bethel region seat, losing to incumbent Ivan Ivan by 56 votes.[11] Peltola worked as the campaign manager for Ivan's challenger, Independent candidate Willie Kasayulie, in the general election.[12]

    Peltola later worked as a reporter.

    Alaska House of Representatives (1999–2009)

    In 1998, Peltola was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, after a successful rematch against Ivan in the Democratic primary.[13] She appeared on the ballot under her maiden name, though she was married to Jonathan Kapsner at the time.[14] She was elected and reelected mostly without or with only minimal opposition. Ivan's return to challenge her in the 2002 primary the closest contest she faced.[15]

    In the House, Peltola served on various standing committees, including Finance, Resources and Health and Social Services. She helped to rebuild the Bush Caucus, a bipartisan group of representatives and senators who represent rural and off-road communities in Alaska.[16]

    In 2004, Peltola criticized No Child Left Behind Act rules that would impede continuing the practice of administering tests in some western Alaskan schools in the native Yupik language.[17]

    Peltola authored a law which allowed teachers to be given exemption from jury duty if they work at schools that had failed to meet adequate annual progress. This was signed into law by governor Frank Murkowski in July 2004.[18]

    Local offices (2009–2022)

    Peltola worked as manager of community development and sustainability for the Donlin Creek Mine from 2008 to 2014. In 2010, after incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski lost her party's primary, Peltola helped run her successful write-in campaign.

    Peltola was elected to the Bethel City Council in 2011, and served until her term ended in 2013. She was a lobbyist in Alaska from 2015 to 2017.[19] After 2016, Peltola served as executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.[20] From 2020 to 2021, she served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court.[21]

    U.S. House of Representatives (2022–present)

    Elections

    2022 special

    See main article: 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election. In 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election was conducted under the newly established ranked-choice voting system to fill the seat of Don Young after his death. Some 48 candidates ran in the blanket primary, with the top-four finishers advancing to the general election.

    One withdrew and Peltola was one of three candidates to proceed to ranked voting.[22] She advanced to the runoff, the only Democrat to do so. Al Gross, an independent in third place in the primary, dropped out of the ranked choice runoff, leaving two Republicans, former governor Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III.[23] Gross endorsed Peltola after dropping out of the race.[24] Three Alaska voters filed a losing suit to challenge the decision not to allow Republican Tara Sweeney, the fifth placer in the primary, to advance to the runoff.[25] Sweeney subsequently withdrew her candidacy.[26] In the first round of ranked choice, Begich was eliminated. Peltola defeated Palin in the final ranked-choice runoff.

    2022

    See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska.

    Peltola sought a full term in the 2022 general election.[27] She advanced to the general election in first place, receiving 36.8% of the votes in the primary.[28] Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, running for her fourth term in the U.S. Senate, told Alaska Federation of Natives Convention delegates that she intended to vote for Peltola as her top choice in the 2022 House election.[29] Murkowski said: "I do not toe the party line just because party leaders have asked... My first obligation is to the people of the state of Alaska."[29]

    Ahead of the November 2022 election, Peltola announced endorsements from Don Young's daughters, Joni Nelson and Dawn Vallely, in addition to Young's former communications director Zack Brown.[30] Various other friends and former staff of Young endorsed Peltola in a formal endorsement letter.[31] Peltola, who received just under 49% of the vote in initial balloting, was declared the winner on November 23. She defeated Palin again with 55% of the ranked-choice vote. (Votes cast for her as the second-place choice on ballots of the eliminated third-place candidate, Nick Begich III, were added to her total.)[32]

    Tenure

    Peltola was sworn in as Alaska's U.S. representative on September 13, 2022.[33] Upon her swearing in, Congress had an Alaska Native (Peltola), four Native Americans (Sharice Davids, Yvette Herrell, Markwayne Mullin, and Tom Cole); and a Native Hawaiian (Kai Kahele) serving simultaneously for the first time ever.[34] She is the fourth Native woman elected to Congress, after Davids, Herrell, and Deb Haaland.

    On September 29, 2022, Peltola passed her first bill through the House. The bill would create an Office of Food Security in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Peltola's bill passed the House in a 376–49 vote.[35]

    During the 2022 United States railroad labor dispute, Peltola was one of eight House Democrats to vote against a bill that would impose a new contract on railroad workers; several rail unions were voting against it. She said she could not support a contract that did not include paid sick days.[36] [37]

    In February 2023, Peltola announced that she had chosen Josh Revak, a former Republican state senator who was a competitor in the 2022 special election, to run her Alaska office. Peltola's congressional staffers include Republicans. Her chief of staff, Alex Ortiz, was chief of staff to her predecessor Don Young.[38] In April 2023, Ortiz left her congressional office to take a position with her campaign in Southeast Alaska.[39]

    Peltola's office ranks second-highest in staff turnover for the U.S. House of Representatives. Political adversaries have suggested it is a sign of "toxic work environment".[40]

    Political positions

    COVID-19 policy

    On January 31, 2023, Peltola voted against the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, a bill to lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.[41]

    On February 1, 2023, Peltola voted against a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.[42] [43]

    Energy

    Peltola supports the ConocoPhillips Willow Project and increased oil development within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.[44] She urged the White House and the Interior Department to approve the project, which they did.[45] [46]

    Fisheries

    Peltola has focused on fisheries in her election campaigns.[47] She supports reforming the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, to better protect fisheries and marine ecosystems. She believes that the act's focus on "optimum yield" has privileged economic considerations over environmental ones, and supports amending the act to prioritize the environment.[48]

    Gun rights

    On June 13, 2023, Peltola, along with one other Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voted with Republicans for H.J. Res. 44, a bill which attempted to repeal the ATF's new regulations regarding pistol braces.[49]

    Immigration

    On February 9, 2023, Peltola voted against a resolution condemning the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, the District of Columbia's plan to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.[50] [51]

    On May 8, 2024, Peltola voted against the "Equal Representation Act." This proposed law would have required that, when the government counted the population of each state to determine the appropriate number of U.S. Representatives, noncitizens who are ineligible to vote would be excluded from the count.[52]

    Syria

    In 2023, Peltola voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[53] [54]

    LGBT rights

    On December 8, 2022, Peltola voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and mandated federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages.[55] On April 20, 2023, Peltola voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have required individuals participating in competitive sports to compete in the category associated with their assigned sex rather than gender identity. She described the bill as "bullying". Referring to the bill's focus on the transgender community, Peltola stated, "I don't know why on earth as adults and national leaders, we'd be piling on and targeting them and trying to make their lives even harder."[56]

    Committee assignments

    For the 118th Congress:[57]

    Caucus memberships

    Personal life

    Peltola is the first U.S. Representative from Alaska to be born in the state. She now resides in Bethel. An Alaska Native, Peltola is a tribal member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council.[59] She is a member of the Orthodox Church in America.

    Family

    She has four biological children and three stepchildren.[60]

    Her third husband, Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr., served as Alaska director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.[8] [61] [62] He died on the evening of September 13, 2023, while awaiting rescue following the crashing of a plane he had been flying.[63] [64]

    Electoral history

    Note: election was to fill four seats with 2-year terms and two seats with 1-year terms. Candidates were given the choice of which to fill on the basis of their vote-count, with the highest vote-getters being given first-preference to decide which length of a term they wanted to fill. Mary Sattler (Mary Peltola), Richard D. Robb, Gene Peltola Jr., and Mark Springer filled two-year terms while Joseph A. Klejka and Kent Harding filled one-year terms.

    2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election[65] [66]
    PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2
    Votes%TransferVotes%
    Democratic74,81739.66%+15,46791,26651.48%
    Republican58,33930.92%+27,05386,02648.52%
    Republican52,53627.85%-52,536Eliminated
    Write-in2,9741.58%-2,974Eliminated
    Total votes188,666100.00%177,42394.04%
    Inactive ballots00.00%+11,24311,2435.96%
    Democratic gain from Republican
    2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district election[67]
    PartyCandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3
    Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%
    Democratic (incumbent)128,32948.68%+1,038129,43349.20%+7,460136,89354.94%
    Republican 67,73225.74%+1,06469,24226.32%+43,013112,25545.06%
    Republican61,43123.34%+1,98864,39224.48%-64,392Eliminated
    Libertarian4,5601.73%-4,560Eliminated
    Write-in1,0960.42%-1,096Eliminated
    Total votes263,148100.00%263,067100.00%249,148100.00%
    Inactive ballots2,1930.83%+9063,0971.16%+14,76517,0165.55%
    Democratic hold

    See also

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Member Profile: Mary Sattler Peltola . November 18, 2022 . . November 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221112140704/https://clerk.house.gov/members/P000619 . live .
    2. News: Brodey . Sam . October 21, 2022 . How a Democrat Won a State With Just 12% Dem Voters . . live . October 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102083607/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-democrat-mary-peltola-won-a-state-with-just-12-dem-voters-alaska . November 2, 2022.
    3. Web site: Shepard . Steven . November 23, 2022 . Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska . November 25, 2022 . . November 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221125002206/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/23/alaska-election-results-00070808 . live .
    4. Web site: Mary Sattler Kapsner . August 31, 2022 . The Alaska State Legislature . August 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810233613/https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=752 . live .
    5. Web site: Samuels . Iris . August 8, 2022 . For two candidates, Alaska's U.S. House race is an opportunity to make history . August 27, 2023 . Anchorage Daily News . en.
    6. Book: ((House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Water, Oceans, And Wildlife)) . Written Testimony of Mary Sattler Peltola . Alaska State Legislature . 2021 . 1 . July 31, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220725045320/https://naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Updated%20Peltola%20Testimony%20-%20WOW%20Leg%20Hrg%2011.16.21.pdf . July 25, 2022 . live.
    7. News: September 12, 2022 . Alaska Rep-Elect After Beating Sarah Palin: 'No American Is My Enemy' . . November 25, 2022 . . November 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221126025006/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eo1EUPHnw0&t=2m15s . live .
    8. News: Peltola . Mary . Van Valin . Scott . Kampnich . Michael . May 14, 2021 . Op-Ed: Fisheries managers should reverse course on censoring public comments . . September 1, 2022 . September 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220902132551/https://www.adn.com/opinions/2021/05/13/fisheries-managers-should-reverse-course-on-censoring-public-comments/ . live .
    9. Web site: August 8, 2007 . Representative Nelson . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808054059/http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/house/nel.php . August 8, 2007 . April 4, 2022.
    10. News: November 22, 1995 . Pageant Winner Acts as Ambassador for Natives . 11 . . September 1, 2022 . . September 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901175330/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108724642/pageant-winner-acts-as-ambassador-for/ . live .
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    12. News: October 7, 1996 . Sen. Ivan's Primary Foe Now Backs Republican . 2 . . September 1, 2022 . . August 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153823/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108223347/daily-sitka-sentinel/ . live .
    13. Web site: Our Campaigns - AK State House 39 - Open Primary Race - Aug 25, 1998 . www.ourcampaigns.com . October 24, 2022 . October 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221024204400/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=371122 . live .
    14. Book: State of Alaska Official Election Pamphlet . October 1998 . Alaska Division of Elections . Region IV . . 34.
    15. Web site: Our Campaigns - AK State House 38 - D Primary Race - Aug 27, 2002 . www.ourcampaigns.com . October 24, 2022 . October 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221024204411/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=539719 . live .
    16. News: Kitchenman . Andrew . September 9, 2016 . What is the future of the Bush Caucus? . . live . April 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220404021940/https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/09/08/what-is-the-future-of-the-bush-caucus/ . April 4, 2022.
    17. Web site: Native Alaskan Program Runs Afoul Of No Child Left Behind . The Associated Press . The Union Democrat . September 21, 2023 . en . July 26, 2004.
    18. Web site: Governor Murkowski signs more bills into law . Southeast Alaska's Island News . September 21, 2023 . en . July 12, 2004.
    19. News: MacArthur . Anna Rose . April 11, 2022 . Former Y-K Delta lawmaker Mary Peltola is running for Alaska's US House seat . KTOO . August 31, 2022 . September 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901165817/https://www.ktoo.org/2022/04/11/mary-peltola-us-house-candidate/ . live .
    20. News: Estus . Joaqlin . April 8, 2021 . Fishing rights untouched in Alaska takeover of navigable waters . . September 1, 2022 . December 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224112320/https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/fishing-rights-untouched-in-alaska-takeover-of-navigable-waters . live .
    21. News: August 7, 2022 . CANDIDATE Q&A: U.S. House — Mary Peltola . . September 1, 2022 . September 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901050223/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/06/candidate-qa-us-house-mary-peltola/ . live .
    22. News: Ruskin . Liz . April 2, 2022 . Sarah Palin among 50 candidates running to fill remainder of Don Young's term in US House . . live . April 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402182305/https://www.alaskapublic.org/2022/04/01/sarah-palin-among-50-candidates-running-to-fill-remainder-of-don-youngs-term-in-us-house/ . April 2, 2022.
    23. News: Bohrer . Becky . June 21, 2022 . Gross withdrawal scrambles Alaska US House race . . June 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221015012830/https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sarah-palin-alaska-campaigns-government-and-politics-f234dea296e5b808f7b5b8940c9eedfc . October 15, 2022.
    24. News: Hounshell . Blake . August 31, 2022 . Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska's Special House Election . . live . limited . September 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109224316/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/politics/mary-peltola-alaska-special-election.html . November 9, 2022.
    25. News: Bohrer . Becky . June 23, 2022 . Lawsuit says Tara Sweeney should advance in Alaska's US House special election . . . live . June 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109225522/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/06/23/lawsuit-says-tara-sweeney-should-advance-in-alaskas-us-house-special-election/ . November 9, 2022.
    26. News: Samuels . Iris . August 24, 2022 . Tara Sweeney drops out of Alaska U.S. House race . . live . August 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109225737/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/23/tara-sweeney-drops-out-of-alaska-us-house-race/ . November 9, 2022.
    27. News: Samuels . Iris . August 31, 2022 . Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress . . live . August 31, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901002815/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/31/democrat-mary-peltola-wins-special-us-house-election-will-be-first-alaska-native-elected-to-congress/ . September 1, 2022.
    28. News: Live Alaska House Election Results 2022 . . September 2, 2022 . September 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901063840/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-primary-elections/alaska-house-results . live .
    29. News: Hughes . Zachariah . October 21, 2022 . At AFN, Murkowski says she'll vote for longtime friend and Democrat Mary Peltola for U.S. House . . live . October 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102225209/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/10/21/at-afn-murkowski-says-shell-vote-for-longtime-friend-and-democrat-mary-peltola-for-us-house/ . November 2, 2022.
    30. News: Schonfeld . Zach . October 27, 2022 . Peltola endorsed by late GOP Rep. Young's daughters, former staffer . . October 30, 2022 . October 30, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030140139/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3708157-peltola-endorsed-by-late-gop-rep-youngs-daughters-former-staffer/ . live .
    31. Web site: Ferguson . Jack . Brown . Zack . Day . Pamela . Anderson . Mike “Keawe” . Desrochers . Nicole . Harrigan . Linda . Croft . Holly . Kenny . Meredith . Williams . Christine . Schubert . Gail . Newell-Kinsman . Martha . We're former staff members and friends of Don Young. We support Mary Peltola for U.S. House. . October 30, 2022 . . opinion . October 30, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030140140/https://www.adn.com/opinions/2022/10/24/opinion-were-former-staff-members-and-friends-of-don-young-we-support-mary-peltola-for-us-house/ . live .
    32. Web site: Samuels . Iris . Rep. Mary Peltola wins Alaska's U.S. House race . November 24, 2022 . Anchorage Daily News . en . November 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124013223/https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/11/23/rep-mary-peltola-wins-alaskas-us-house-race/ . live .
    33. News: Chen . Shawna . September 13, 2022 . Mary Peltola sworn in as first Alaska Native Congress member in historic moment . . September 13, 2022 . September 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220913225807/https://www.axios.com/2022/09/13/mary-peltola-alaska-native-congress . live .
    34. News: Diaz . Jaclyn . September 20, 2022 . U.S. Congress reaches a milestone in Indigenous representation . . October 5, 2022 . September 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926161804/https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/1123295313/congress-indigenous-representation-mary-peltola . live .
    35. News: Ruskin . Liz . September 29, 2022 . Alaska congresswoman's first bill passes House . . October 5, 2022 . October 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005174555/https://alaskapublic.org/2022/09/29/alaska-congresswomans-first-bill-poised-to-pass-house/ . live .
    36. Web site: Ruskin . Liz . November 30, 2022 . Peltola says it's not right to deny sick leave for rail workers . April 16, 2023 . December 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202214952/https://alaskapublic.org/2022/11/29/peltola-says-its-not-right-to-deny-sick-leave-for-rail-workers/ . live .
    37. News: November 30, 2022 . Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola to vote against Joe Biden's rail strike proposal, details inside . The Economic Times . December 2, 2022 . December 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202214955/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/alaska-democrat-mary-peltola-to-vote-against-joe-bidens-rail-strike-proposal-details-inside/articleshow/95888367.cms . live .
    38. Web site: Ruskin . Liz . February 2, 2023 . Congresswoman Peltola hires Josh Revak, a Republican former rival, to run her Alaska office . February 13, 2023 . February 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213051217/https://alaskapublic.org/2023/02/01/congresswoman-peltola-hires-josh-revak-a-republican-former-rival-to-run-her-alaska-office/ . live .
    39. https://alaskapublic.org/2023/04/25/rep-peltolas-party-bending-chief-of-staff-departs/ Rep. Peltola’s party-bending chief of staff departs
    40. News: Rep. Peltola’s staff turnover is the 2nd highest in the U.S. House.
    41. Web site: January 31, 2023 . House Vote 98 - On Passage . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221174446/https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/98 . February 21, 2023.
    42. Web site: February 2023 . House passes resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency . February 21, 2023 . February 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221174625/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3839808-house-gop-passes-bill-to-end-covid-19-national-emergency/ . live .
    43. Web site: August 12, 2015 . On Passage - H.J.RES.7: Relating to a national emergency declared by . February 21, 2023 . February 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230221174625/https://projects.propublica.org/represent/votes/118/house/1/104 . live .
    44. Web site: Media . Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public . September 21, 2022 . Rep. Peltola joins Alaska senators to champion Willow project . April 27, 2023 . Alaska Public Media . en-US.
    45. News: Nilsen . Ella . February 1, 2023 . Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska . en . February 5, 2023 . February 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205131352/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/politics/willow-alaska-oil-biden-environmental-study-climate/index.html . live .
    46. News: Dumain . Emma . March 14, 2023 . How Murkowski helped move Biden on Willow . E&E News . March 14, 2023 . March 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314165324/https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-murkowski-helped-move-biden-on-willow/ . live .
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    48. Web site: Alaska's Fisheries Are Collapsing. This Congresswoman Is Taking on the Industry She Says Is to Blame. . April 5, 2023 . POLITICO . March 3, 2023 . en . April 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405235931/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/03/alaskas-fisheries-collapsing-peltola-industry-blame-00066843 . live .
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    56. News: Alaska Rep. Peltola calls U.S. House transgender sports ban 'bullying' and 'federal overreach'. Anchorage Daily News. en.
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