Billy Mitchell referred to in a hearing in the Congress as Alaska is the most strategic place in the world.
I urge the committee to support initiatives that bolster our Arctic capabilities and safeguard our National interests in the region.
We are in a new era of authoritarian aggression.
I actually was very interested to hear the report of Mr. Meyer on the white oak issue.
We must work together, because ultimately the loss of salmon threatens your ways of life.
You have shown that we do matter.
We just had a hearing in the Indian Affairs Committee on the fentanyl crisis among Alaska Native peoples.
Discontinue using four-inch nets. They are killing my salmon out there.
So let me ask on that, I want to get your input on this.
This is not a check the box. This is not something that I had to do. This is something that I want to do, because I hear you.
The loss of our critical salmon is ripping and tearing apart the fabric of who we are as Yup'ik and Dene people.
I have a Tlingit name, Aan shaaw tk'i. I do not have a Yup'ik name.
The impact of the historic salmon declines is profound on our communities.
You have taken a huge step forward by moving the Office of Subsistence Management under the Secretary of Interior.
So, one of the things that I often hear is that on Federal lands and waters, our subsistence resources and habitat are not being actively ma...
I would like to thank U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for holding this Field Hearing
Moving the Office of Subsistence Management under the Interior Secretary was, as I said, a step in the right direction.
I want to thank each of you for your written comments and what you have shared here for the committee and community.
