1 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:15,382 MR. SULLIVAN: MR. CHAIRMAN? 2 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:16,349 MR. SULLIVAN: MR. CHAIRMAN? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE 3 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:17,384 MR. SULLIVAN: MR. CHAIRMAN? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM ALASKA. 4 00:00:17,384 --> 00:00:18,318 THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM ALASKA. MR. SULLIVAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I 5 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:21,022 SENATOR FROM ALASKA. MR. SULLIVAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS IN ALASKA WHEN JUDGE AMY 6 00:00:21,022 --> 00:00:23,558 MR. SULLIVAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WAS IN ALASKA WHEN JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT WAS BEFORE THE 7 00:00:23,558 --> 00:00:25,026 WAS IN ALASKA WHEN JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT WAS BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT 8 00:00:25,026 --> 00:00:26,527 CONEY BARRETT WAS BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT SINCE THEN I WAS ABLE TO CATCH 9 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:28,695 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT SINCE THEN I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP ON THOSE HEARINGS, AND I WANT 10 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:31,565 SINCE THEN I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP ON THOSE HEARINGS, AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES, 11 00:00:31,565 --> 00:00:33,400 UP ON THOSE HEARINGS, AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES, PARTICULARLY SENATOR GRAHAM, FOR 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,302 TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES, PARTICULARLY SENATOR GRAHAM, FOR CONDUCTING THOSE HEARINGS IN A 13 00:00:35,302 --> 00:00:37,738 PARTICULARLY SENATOR GRAHAM, FOR CONDUCTING THOSE HEARINGS IN A WAY THAT BEFITTED SUCH AN 14 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:39,039 CONDUCTING THOSE HEARINGS IN A WAY THAT BEFITTED SUCH AN OCCASION, RESPECT, GOOD 15 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:41,341 WAY THAT BEFITTED SUCH AN OCCASION, RESPECT, GOOD QUESTIONING, AND I THINK THAT 16 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:42,643 OCCASION, RESPECT, GOOD QUESTIONING, AND I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- CERTAINLY 17 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:44,410 QUESTIONING, AND I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- CERTAINLY MY CONSTITUENTS -- LEARNED A LOT 18 00:00:44,410 --> 00:00:47,715 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- CERTAINLY MY CONSTITUENTS -- LEARNED A LOT AND WERE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED 19 00:00:47,715 --> 00:00:48,315 MY CONSTITUENTS -- LEARNED A LOT AND WERE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH JUDGE BARRETT. 20 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:49,749 AND WERE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH JUDGE BARRETT. MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW, THE 21 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:50,183 WITH JUDGE BARRETT. MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW, THE ADVICE AND CONSENT 22 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,585 MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW, THE ADVICE AND CONSENT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENATE IS 23 00:00:51,585 --> 00:00:52,954 ADVICE AND CONSENT RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENATE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 24 00:00:52,954 --> 00:00:54,621 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENATE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN 25 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:56,256 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CONSTITUTION. 26 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:58,124 RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS THAT I WILL HAVE 27 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:00,961 THE CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS THAT I WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH AND GO THROUGH WITH 28 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:04,498 THE PROCESS THAT I WILL HAVE GONE THROUGH AND GO THROUGH WITH EVERY SINGLE JUDGE IS TO 29 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:06,300 GONE THROUGH AND GO THROUGH WITH EVERY SINGLE JUDGE IS TO EVALUATE JUDGE BARRETT’S 30 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:07,367 EVERY SINGLE JUDGE IS TO EVALUATE JUDGE BARRETT’S QUALIFICATIONS ON HER RECORD, 31 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:10,037 EVALUATE JUDGE BARRETT’S QUALIFICATIONS ON HER RECORD, THE HEARINGS, AND OF COURSE IN 32 00:01:10,037 --> 00:01:11,372 QUALIFICATIONS ON HER RECORD, THE HEARINGS, AND OF COURSE IN DISCUSSIONS I’VE HAD WITH HER. 33 00:01:11,372 --> 00:01:12,639 THE HEARINGS, AND OF COURSE IN DISCUSSIONS I’VE HAD WITH HER. AND THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE 34 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:14,475 DISCUSSIONS I’VE HAD WITH HER. AND THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE EVALUATION. 35 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:15,475 AND THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE EVALUATION. I’VE READ HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF 36 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:17,277 EVALUATION. I’VE READ HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF THE DECISIONS THAT SHE’S 37 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:17,978 I’VE READ HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF THE DECISIONS THAT SHE’S AUTHORED. 38 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:19,813 THE DECISIONS THAT SHE’S AUTHORED. I’VE LISTENED TO AND READ THE 39 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:22,349 AUTHORED. I’VE LISTENED TO AND READ THE VIEWS OF ALASKANS, BOTH FOR AND 40 00:01:22,349 --> 00:01:23,416 I’VE LISTENED TO AND READ THE VIEWS OF ALASKANS, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST HER NOMINATION, AND IN 41 00:01:23,416 --> 00:01:25,352 VIEWS OF ALASKANS, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST HER NOMINATION, AND IN MY MEETING WITH JUDGE BARRETT, 42 00:01:25,352 --> 00:01:28,289 AGAINST HER NOMINATION, AND IN MY MEETING WITH JUDGE BARRETT, WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DEPTH HER 43 00:01:28,289 --> 00:01:30,190 MY MEETING WITH JUDGE BARRETT, WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DEPTH HER VIEWPOINT ON A VARIETY OF 44 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:32,025 WE DISCUSSED IN GREAT DEPTH HER VIEWPOINT ON A VARIETY OF NATIONAL AND ALASKA-FOCUSED 45 00:01:32,025 --> 00:01:33,760 VIEWPOINT ON A VARIETY OF NATIONAL AND ALASKA-FOCUSED LEGAL ISSUES. 46 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,629 NATIONAL AND ALASKA-FOCUSED LEGAL ISSUES. SHE CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE 47 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:37,331 LEGAL ISSUES. SHE CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND 48 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:39,733 SHE CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND FEDERALISM, HOLDS A HEALTHY 49 00:01:39,733 --> 00:01:41,102 SEPARATION OF POWERS AND FEDERALISM, HOLDS A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM REGARDING THE 50 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:42,937 FEDERALISM, HOLDS A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM REGARDING THE EXPANSIVE POWER OF FEDERAL 51 00:01:42,937 --> 00:01:46,239 SKEPTICISM REGARDING THE EXPANSIVE POWER OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND IS A STRONG 52 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:46,940 EXPANSIVE POWER OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND IS A STRONG PROTECTOR AND PROPONENT OF THE 53 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:47,975 AGENCIES AND IS A STRONG PROTECTOR AND PROPONENT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 54 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:49,943 PROTECTOR AND PROPONENT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. ALL ISSUES THAT MY CONSTITUENTS 55 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:52,945 SECOND AMENDMENT. ALL ISSUES THAT MY CONSTITUENTS CARE DEEP LAY ABOUT -- DEEPLY 56 00:01:52,945 --> 00:01:53,213 ALL ISSUES THAT MY CONSTITUENTS CARE DEEP LAY ABOUT -- DEEPLY ABOUT. 57 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:54,581 CARE DEEP LAY ABOUT -- DEEPLY ABOUT. WHY ARE THESE ISSUES SO 58 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:57,818 ABOUT. WHY ARE THESE ISSUES SO IMPORTANT TO ALASKA AND CENTRAL 59 00:01:57,818 --> 00:01:59,019 WHY ARE THESE ISSUES SO IMPORTANT TO ALASKA AND CENTRAL TO US REALIZING OUR POTENTIAL? 60 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:00,520 IMPORTANT TO ALASKA AND CENTRAL TO US REALIZING OUR POTENTIAL? MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME GIVE YOU A 61 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,721 TO US REALIZING OUR POTENTIAL? MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME GIVE YOU A BRIEF BUT RECENT EXAMPLE OF AN 62 00:02:01,721 --> 00:02:07,060 MR. PRESIDENT, LET ME GIVE YOU A BRIEF BUT RECENT EXAMPLE OF AN ISSUE THAT RECENTLY MADE ITS WAY 63 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:07,794 BRIEF BUT RECENT EXAMPLE OF AN ISSUE THAT RECENTLY MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE NINTH CIRCUIT, WHICH 64 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:09,496 ISSUE THAT RECENTLY MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE NINTH CIRCUIT, WHICH OFTEN IS THE BANE OF OUR 65 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,799 THROUGH THE NINTH CIRCUIT, WHICH OFTEN IS THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE IN ALASKA, TO THE 66 00:02:11,799 --> 00:02:14,834 OFTEN IS THE BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE IN ALASKA, TO THE SUPREME COURT -- NOT ONCE, BUT 67 00:02:14,834 --> 00:02:19,372 EXISTENCE IN ALASKA, TO THE SUPREME COURT -- NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE -- AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY 68 00:02:19,372 --> 00:02:20,440 SUPREME COURT -- NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE -- AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY GREED -- AGREED TO BY THE 69 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:20,940 TWICE -- AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY GREED -- AGREED TO BY THE SUPREME COURT. 70 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:22,610 GREED -- AGREED TO BY THE SUPREME COURT. IN A CASE THAT SOME WILL BE 71 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:26,212 SUPREME COURT. IN A CASE THAT SOME WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, STURGEON V. 72 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:26,513 IN A CASE THAT SOME WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH, STURGEON V. FROST. 73 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:28,481 FAMILIAR WITH, STURGEON V. FROST. A MOOSE HUNTER, A WHOEVER CRAFT, 74 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,949 FROST. A MOOSE HUNTER, A WHOEVER CRAFT, THE WILD INTERIOR OF ALASKA MADE 75 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:31,084 A MOOSE HUNTER, A WHOEVER CRAFT, THE WILD INTERIOR OF ALASKA MADE FOR SOME GREAT HEADLINES. 76 00:02:31,084 --> 00:02:33,920 THE WILD INTERIOR OF ALASKA MADE FOR SOME GREAT HEADLINES. BUT THE ISSUE BEING LITIGATED IN 77 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,658 FOR SOME GREAT HEADLINES. BUT THE ISSUE BEING LITIGATED IN THAT CASE WAS ONE OF CONTROL, 78 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:39,325 BUT THE ISSUE BEING LITIGATED IN THAT CASE WAS ONE OF CONTROL, ONE OF FREEDOM -- CONTROL OF OUR 79 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:42,195 THAT CASE WAS ONE OF CONTROL, ONE OF FREEDOM -- CONTROL OF OUR LANDS, OUR WATERS, OUR FISH AND 80 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:42,462 ONE OF FREEDOM -- CONTROL OF OUR LANDS, OUR WATERS, OUR FISH AND GAME. 81 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:43,897 LANDS, OUR WATERS, OUR FISH AND GAME. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 82 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:45,698 GAME. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ESSENCE CALLED JOHN CONSTITUTION 83 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:48,268 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ESSENCE CALLED JOHN CONSTITUTION -- TOLD JOHN STURGEON HE 84 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:55,542 ESSENCE CALLED JOHN CONSTITUTION -- TOLD JOHN STURGEON HE COULDN’T USE HIS HOVERCRAFT ON 85 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:56,909 -- TOLD JOHN STURGEON HE COULDN’T USE HIS HOVERCRAFT ON FEDERAL WATERS TO GO HUNTING. 86 00:02:56,909 --> 00:02:57,710 COULDN’T USE HIS HOVERCRAFT ON FEDERAL WATERS TO GO HUNTING. YES, I CAN. 87 00:02:57,710 --> 00:03:00,211 FEDERAL WATERS TO GO HUNTING. YES, I CAN. THEN THERE WAS LITIGATION. 88 00:03:00,211 --> 00:03:03,048 YES, I CAN. THEN THERE WAS LITIGATION. THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL OVERREACH, 89 00:03:03,048 --> 00:03:03,481 THEN THERE WAS LITIGATION. THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL OVERREACH, AGENCY CREEP. 90 00:03:03,481 --> 00:03:05,950 THE ISSUE OF FEDERAL OVERREACH, AGENCY CREEP. IN ALASKA, WE HAVE A FRONT ROW 91 00:03:05,950 --> 00:03:07,117 AGENCY CREEP. IN ALASKA, WE HAVE A FRONT ROW TO THIS PROBLEM. 92 00:03:07,117 --> 00:03:08,653 IN ALASKA, WE HAVE A FRONT ROW TO THIS PROBLEM. 93 00:03:08,653 --> 00:03:10,588 TO THIS PROBLEM. 94 00:03:11,789 --> 00:03:13,757 WE’VE SEEN IT HAPPEN TO US \hBY THE COURTS, PARTICULARLY AS I MENTIONED THE 95 00:03:13,757 --> 00:03:14,792 \hBY THE COURTS, PARTICULARLY AS I MENTIONED THE JUDGES ON THE U.S. COURT OF 96 00:03:14,792 --> 00:03:16,294 PARTICULARLY AS I MENTIONED THE JUDGES ON THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. 97 00:03:16,294 --> 00:03:19,130 JUDGES ON THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. WHEN THEY INTERPRET STATUTES, 98 00:03:19,130 --> 00:03:20,397 APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. WHEN THEY INTERPRET STATUTES, STATUTES INVOLVING MY STATE -- 99 00:03:20,397 --> 00:03:22,901 WHEN THEY INTERPRET STATUTES, STATUTES INVOLVING MY STATE -- AND THERE ARE MANY -- FEDERAL 100 00:03:22,901 --> 00:03:24,334 STATUTES INVOLVING MY STATE -- AND THERE ARE MANY -- FEDERAL STATUTES ONLY RELATE TO ALASKA 101 00:03:24,334 --> 00:03:26,737 AND THERE ARE MANY -- FEDERAL STATUTES ONLY RELATE TO ALASKA IN A WAY THAT FITS WITH THEIR 102 00:03:26,737 --> 00:03:28,373 STATUTES ONLY RELATE TO ALASKA IN A WAY THAT FITS WITH THEIR IDEAS AND POLICY NOTIONS ABOUT 103 00:03:28,373 --> 00:03:30,441 IN A WAY THAT FITS WITH THEIR IDEAS AND POLICY NOTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THE FEDERAL LANDS IN 104 00:03:30,441 --> 00:03:33,878 IDEAS AND POLICY NOTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THE FEDERAL LANDS IN ALASKA SHOULD BE MANAGED. 105 00:03:33,878 --> 00:03:35,747 THE WAY THE FEDERAL LANDS IN ALASKA SHOULD BE MANAGED. IN ESSENCE, THEY TYPICALLY THINK 106 00:03:35,747 --> 00:03:37,348 ALASKA SHOULD BE MANAGED. IN ESSENCE, THEY TYPICALLY THINK THAT LESS CONTROL BY THE PEOPLE 107 00:03:37,348 --> 00:03:39,216 IN ESSENCE, THEY TYPICALLY THINK THAT LESS CONTROL BY THE PEOPLE AND MORE CONTROL BY THE 108 00:03:39,216 --> 00:03:41,986 THAT LESS CONTROL BY THE PEOPLE AND MORE CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT IS WHAT IS NEEDED. 109 00:03:41,986 --> 00:03:43,455 AND MORE CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT IS WHAT IS NEEDED. BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT OFTEN 110 00:03:43,455 --> 00:03:46,358 GOVERNMENT IS WHAT IS NEEDED. BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT OFTEN IS NOT WHAT CONGRESS WROTE AND 111 00:03:46,358 --> 00:03:48,192 BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT OFTEN IS NOT WHAT CONGRESS WROTE AND WHAT CONGRESS INTENDED. 112 00:03:48,192 --> 00:03:50,460 IS NOT WHAT CONGRESS WROTE AND WHAT CONGRESS INTENDED. IT’S THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF 113 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:51,630 WHAT CONGRESS INTENDED. IT’S THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF JUDICIAL HUMILITY. 114 00:03:51,630 --> 00:03:53,798 IT’S THE ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE OF JUDICIAL HUMILITY. FAILING TO READ THE STATUTES AS 115 00:03:53,798 --> 00:03:56,701 JUDICIAL HUMILITY. FAILING TO READ THE STATUTES AS WE IN THIS BODY WROTE THEM. 116 00:03:56,701 --> 00:03:58,536 FAILING TO READ THE STATUTES AS WE IN THIS BODY WROTE THEM. IT’S FAILING TO EXHIBIT THE KIND 117 00:03:58,536 --> 00:04:02,007 WE IN THIS BODY WROTE THEM. IT’S FAILING TO EXHIBIT THE KIND OF TEXTUALISM THAT JUDGE BARRETT 118 00:04:02,007 --> 00:04:03,975 IT’S FAILING TO EXHIBIT THE KIND OF TEXTUALISM THAT JUDGE BARRETT ASCRIBES TO AND WAS SO ON 119 00:04:03,975 --> 00:04:05,475 OF TEXTUALISM THAT JUDGE BARRETT ASCRIBES TO AND WAS SO ON DISPLAY DURING HER HEARINGS. 120 00:04:05,475 --> 00:04:09,381 ASCRIBES TO AND WAS SO ON DISPLAY DURING HER HEARINGS. SO WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? 121 00:04:09,381 --> 00:04:11,850 DISPLAY DURING HER HEARINGS. SO WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN WROTE IN HER 122 00:04:11,850 --> 00:04:13,986 SO WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT? JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN WROTE IN HER OPINION FOR THE MAJORITY IN 123 00:04:13,986 --> 00:04:14,955 JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN WROTE IN HER OPINION FOR THE MAJORITY IN STURGEON V. FROST WHEN THE 124 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:16,889 OPINION FOR THE MAJORITY IN STURGEON V. FROST WHEN THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE 125 00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:20,660 STURGEON V. FROST WHEN THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE NINTH CIRCUIT TWICE IN THREE 126 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:23,395 SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE NINTH CIRCUIT TWICE IN THREE YEARS THAT THE LAWS, THE FEDERAL 127 00:04:23,395 --> 00:04:25,865 NINTH CIRCUIT TWICE IN THREE YEARS THAT THE LAWS, THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT GOVERN LAND MANAGEMENT 128 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:27,600 YEARS THAT THE LAWS, THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT GOVERN LAND MANAGEMENT IN ALASKA ARE OFTEN, QUOTE, 129 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,968 LAWS THAT GOVERN LAND MANAGEMENT IN ALASKA ARE OFTEN, QUOTE, DIFFERENT FROM THE LAWS 130 00:04:28,968 --> 00:04:29,902 IN ALASKA ARE OFTEN, QUOTE, DIFFERENT FROM THE LAWS GOVERNING LAND MANAGEMENT IN ANY 131 00:04:29,902 --> 00:04:31,837 DIFFERENT FROM THE LAWS GOVERNING LAND MANAGEMENT IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. 132 00:04:31,837 --> 00:04:35,074 GOVERNING LAND MANAGEMENT IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN CAREFULLY 133 00:04:35,074 --> 00:04:37,877 OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN CAREFULLY CRAFTED BY THIS BODY IN THE 134 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:39,346 THESE LAWS ARE OFTEN CAREFULLY CRAFTED BY THIS BODY IN THE HOUSE, AND THEY ARE ESSENTIAL 135 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:42,315 CRAFTED BY THIS BODY IN THE HOUSE, AND THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALASKANS BOTH CULTURALLY AND 136 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:42,648 HOUSE, AND THEY ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ALASKANS BOTH CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. 137 00:04:42,648 --> 00:04:44,717 FOR ALASKANS BOTH CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. AND WHEN JUDGES MISINTERPRET 138 00:04:44,717 --> 00:04:46,853 ECONOMICALLY. AND WHEN JUDGES MISINTERPRET THESE LAWS AS THEY OFTEN DO -- 139 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:48,355 AND WHEN JUDGES MISINTERPRET THESE LAWS AS THEY OFTEN DO -- AND THIS IS WHAT I TALKED TO 140 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:49,989 THESE LAWS AS THEY OFTEN DO -- AND THIS IS WHAT I TALKED TO JUDGE BARRETT ABOUT -- THEY 141 00:04:49,989 --> 00:04:52,458 AND THIS IS WHAT I TALKED TO JUDGE BARRETT ABOUT -- THEY OFTEN DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES 142 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:54,628 JUDGE BARRETT ABOUT -- THEY OFTEN DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF MY CONSTITUENTS, USUALLY IN A 143 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:56,028 OFTEN DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF MY CONSTITUENTS, USUALLY IN A NEPG TIF WAY. 144 00:04:56,028 --> 00:04:57,363 OF MY CONSTITUENTS, USUALLY IN A NEPG TIF WAY. -- NEGATIVE WAY. 145 00:04:57,363 --> 00:04:59,466 NEPG TIF WAY. -- NEGATIVE WAY. JUST ASK JOHN STURGEON AND 146 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:00,566 -- NEGATIVE WAY. JUST ASK JOHN STURGEON AND COUNTLESS OTHER ALASKANS OVER 147 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:02,936 JUST ASK JOHN STURGEON AND COUNTLESS OTHER ALASKANS OVER THE DECADES HAVE SEEN THEIR 148 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:05,438 COUNTLESS OTHER ALASKANS OVER THE DECADES HAVE SEEN THEIR RIGHTS TO ENJOY OUR LANDS -- AND 149 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:08,040 THE DECADES HAVE SEEN THEIR RIGHTS TO ENJOY OUR LANDS -- AND IT IS OUR LANDS -- THAT THEY 150 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,842 RIGHTS TO ENJOY OUR LANDS -- AND IT IS OUR LANDS -- THAT THEY CALLED HOME WHITTLED AWAY 151 00:05:09,842 --> 00:05:11,912 IT IS OUR LANDS -- THAT THEY CALLED HOME WHITTLED AWAY DECISION BY DECISION BY FEDERAL 152 00:05:11,912 --> 00:05:12,211 CALLED HOME WHITTLED AWAY DECISION BY DECISION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 153 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,612 DECISION BY DECISION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. OVER THE YEARS VARIOUS FEDERAL 154 00:05:13,612 --> 00:05:15,547 AGENCIES. OVER THE YEARS VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE ACTED IF FEDERAL 155 00:05:15,547 --> 00:05:18,317 OVER THE YEARS VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE ACTED IF FEDERAL LAW -- AS IF FEDERALAW 156 00:05:18,317 --> 00:05:20,686 AGENCIES HAVE ACTED IF FEDERAL LAW -- AS IF FEDERALAW GOVERNING ALASKA DOESN’T EXIST. 157 00:05:20,686 --> 00:05:22,221 LAW -- AS IF FEDERALAW GOVERNING ALASKA DOESN’T EXIST. PEOPLE COULDN’T PARTAKE IN THEIR 158 00:05:22,221 --> 00:05:24,056 GOVERNING ALASKA DOESN’T EXIST. PEOPLE COULDN’T PARTAKE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES, COULDN’T 159 00:05:24,056 --> 00:05:26,459 PEOPLE COULDN’T PARTAKE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES, COULDN’T HARVEST THEIR TRADITIONAL FOODS, 160 00:05:26,459 --> 00:05:27,927 TRADITIONAL ACTIVITIES, COULDN’T HARVEST THEIR TRADITIONAL FOODS, SCHANNIANS -- ALASKANS COULDN’T 161 00:05:27,927 --> 00:05:29,028 HARVEST THEIR TRADITIONAL FOODS, SCHANNIANS -- ALASKANS COULDN’T MAKE A LIVING ON THE LAND. 162 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:30,930 SCHANNIANS -- ALASKANS COULDN’T MAKE A LIVING ON THE LAND. I DON’T KNOW HOW JUDGE BARRETT 163 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:32,364 MAKE A LIVING ON THE LAND. I DON’T KNOW HOW JUDGE BARRETT WILL VOTE ON THESE SPECIFIC 164 00:05:32,364 --> 00:05:34,133 I DON’T KNOW HOW JUDGE BARRETT WILL VOTE ON THESE SPECIFIC ISSUES, BUT I TRUST HER 165 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:35,067 WILL VOTE ON THESE SPECIFIC ISSUES, BUT I TRUST HER TEMPERAMENT ON GREAT DISPLAY 166 00:05:35,067 --> 00:05:37,670 ISSUES, BUT I TRUST HER TEMPERAMENT ON GREAT DISPLAY DURING THE HEARINGS, HER STATED 167 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:39,805 TEMPERAMENT ON GREAT DISPLAY DURING THE HEARINGS, HER STATED SKEPTICISM ABOUT FEDERAL 168 00:05:39,805 --> 00:05:41,307 DURING THE HEARINGS, HER STATED SKEPTICISM ABOUT FEDERAL OVERREACH, HER STRONG BELIEF 169 00:05:41,307 --> 00:05:43,676 SKEPTICISM ABOUT FEDERAL OVERREACH, HER STRONG BELIEF THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, 170 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:45,678 OVERREACH, HER STRONG BELIEF THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, QUOTE, CONFERS AN INDIVIDUAL 171 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,313 THAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT, QUOTE, CONFERS AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH 172 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:50,216 QUOTE, CONFERS AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH THE NATURAL RIGHT OF 173 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:50,749 RIGHT INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH THE NATURAL RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE. 174 00:05:50,749 --> 00:05:51,050 THE NATURAL RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE. UNQUOTE. 175 00:05:51,050 --> 00:05:52,184 SELF-DEFENSE. UNQUOTE. I TRUST WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID 176 00:05:52,184 --> 00:05:54,753 UNQUOTE. I TRUST WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT HER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 177 00:05:54,753 --> 00:05:55,421 I TRUST WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT HER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. 178 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:59,925 ABOUT HER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. BRILLIANT, HUMBLE, A WOMAN OF 179 00:05:59,925 --> 00:06:01,827 AISLE. BRILLIANT, HUMBLE, A WOMAN OF UNASSAILABLE INTEGRITY AND, 180 00:06:01,827 --> 00:06:03,228 BRILLIANT, HUMBLE, A WOMAN OF UNASSAILABLE INTEGRITY AND, QUOTE, A ROLE MODEL FOR 181 00:06:03,228 --> 00:06:04,964 UNASSAILABLE INTEGRITY AND, QUOTE, A ROLE MODEL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 182 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:06,699 QUOTE, A ROLE MODEL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. ALL OF THIS WAS ON DISPLAY 183 00:06:06,699 --> 00:06:08,300 GENERATIONS TO COME. ALL OF THIS WAS ON DISPLAY DURING HER HEARING AND IN MY 184 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:09,335 ALL OF THIS WAS ON DISPLAY DURING HER HEARING AND IN MY MEETING WITH HER. 185 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:10,836 DURING HER HEARING AND IN MY MEETING WITH HER. AND I TRUST THAT ALL THIS WILL 186 00:06:10,836 --> 00:06:14,307 MEETING WITH HER. AND I TRUST THAT ALL THIS WILL COME TO PLAY WHEN THESE KIND OF 187 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,542 AND I TRUST THAT ALL THIS WILL COME TO PLAY WHEN THESE KIND OF CASES, THE ALASKA SPECIFIC 188 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:17,909 COME TO PLAY WHEN THESE KIND OF CASES, THE ALASKA SPECIFIC CASES, MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE 189 00:06:17,909 --> 00:06:20,846 CASES, THE ALASKA SPECIFIC CASES, MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE HIGH COURT WHICH THEY INEVITABLY 190 00:06:20,846 --> 00:06:21,046 CASES, MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE HIGH COURT WHICH THEY INEVITABLY DO. 191 00:06:21,046 --> 00:06:22,581 HIGH COURT WHICH THEY INEVITABLY DO. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S AN 192 00:06:22,581 --> 00:06:24,283 DO. I DON’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S AN OVERSTATE TO SAY THAT THE FUTURE 193 00:06:24,283 --> 00:06:26,118 I DON’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S AN OVERSTATE TO SAY THAT THE FUTURE OF MY CONSTITUENTS DEPENDS ON 194 00:06:26,118 --> 00:06:28,288 OVERSTATE TO SAY THAT THE FUTURE OF MY CONSTITUENTS DEPENDS ON THESE KIND OF ISSUES. 195 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:30,123 OF MY CONSTITUENTS DEPENDS ON THESE KIND OF ISSUES. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, IT’S FOR 196 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:32,357 THESE KIND OF ISSUES. SO, MR. PRESIDENT, IT’S FOR THESE REASONS AND OTHERS THAT I 197 00:06:32,357 --> 00:06:35,194 SO, MR. PRESIDENT, IT’S FOR THESE REASONS AND OTHERS THAT I WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE 198 00:06:35,194 --> 00:06:37,362 THESE REASONS AND OTHERS THAT I WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE BARRETT TO THE UNITED STATES 199 00:06:37,362 --> 00:06:39,465 WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM JUDGE BARRETT TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND I ENCOURAGE 200 00:06:39,465 --> 00:06:41,533 BARRETT TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH 201 00:06:41,533 --> 00:06:43,602 SUPREME COURT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO DO THE 202 00:06:43,602 --> 00:06:46,638 ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO DO THE SAME FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL JURIST 203 00:06:46,638 --> 00:06:50,109 SIDES OF THE AISLE TO DO THE SAME FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL JURIST WHO IS VERY QUALIFIED FOR THIS 204 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:50,409 SAME FOR THIS EXCEPTIONAL JURIST WHO IS VERY QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION.