Nick Begich: Alaska Native And Rural Community Issues Highlights

  • Begich opposed the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act, which protects Alaska Native Subsistence lands.
  • Begich supported deregulating and removing protections from Alaskan land, opening it up to resource extraction development.
    • Begich supported the overturn of Chevron Deference, which allowed regulatory agencies to protect land.
    • Begich opposed the federal government preventing Pebble Mine development, which would threaten Alaska’s fishing industry.

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