On Halloween, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola spent some time chatting with a room full of Dillingham students who were dressed as butterflies, pirates, Minions and mimes.
Rep. Mary Peltola and Sen. Lisa Murkowski talk about their jobs in the U.S. House and Senate to Dillingham’s high school government class. Oct. 31, 2022.
“Even if you’re not for something, you might be in a position where you have to be for something. Not because you personally want to do that, but because you think that’s what’s best for the most people in our state,” she said.“You aren’t going to get 434 people to agree with you if they all hate you,” she said, referring to her colleagues in the U.S. House. “So for the people who say, ‘I’m going to go and be a fighter,’ that only gets you so far.
“It’s because you want to try to do well,” she said. “So kind of pat yourself on the back, saying, ‘Oh, this is an important one, I want to do well for this debate, I want to win this debate.’”“It’s not like you have to be the expert,” she said. “But find what you’re passionate about, start off by saying, ‘This debate is important, because it’s about our fish, our land, our families.” And you know. I know that.
“I try to stay away from heavy written things because then I end up talking to kids like this, and I talked to the audience like this,” she said, mimicking a robot and getting a laugh from the students. “That’s horrible to listen to.” Both Murkowski and Peltola urged the students to get involved in leadership and get into the job market. Peltola said that simply growing up in Bush Alaska gave them a leg up on many of their peers.
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