This really is a program about saving lives, good will for the United States.
I worked with Secretary Salazar on the agreement involving the King Cove road reflected in the Secretary's memorandum of...
the outcry from tribes from folks back home on this particular issue is really loud.
I sense a strong commitment to safe and responsible development of the Arctic by the operators and by the regulators.
I guess I need to hear from you that you would agree that it's not the State of Alaska's responsibility to clean up the ...
It seems to me that the solution really here is to do what the Ramah decision laid out, which is to pay the tribes the f...
So the question is, will that be clearly mapped out far enough in advance so that Conoco can advance in 2014, or Shell c...
There is no doubt in my mind but that when the Federal Government comes into land that has been federally designated, dr...
I need to have some assurance going forward that we're going to be able to deal with this.
I honestly believe it's possible for you to set a policy agenda at the department that is beneficial to all parties.
My staff has searched; they can find no other State in the Union that was ever asked to effectively pay to gain the land...
Well, and honor the Supreme Court's decision, but also honor that trust responsibility to our first peoples.
This is something that isn't setting well with the people in the State of Alaska, and it clearly doesn't set well with m...
You are Alaska's landlord, effectively.
That's not acceptable.
The trust responsibility that the Federal Government owes to our first peoples is very important to me.
It's good to have you before the subcommittee. This will be, of course, the first of many opportunities to sit down and ...
What assurances can you give me that we're going to see some forward motion in this in a positive way?
