I have heard nothing but statements of goodwill about working towards final resolution and it is certainly my intention ...
I have a whole series of questions, but I don't want Mr. Claus to feel like I'm not giving equal time.
What these bills at their heart attempt to resolve is issues with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that this Cong...
if you're going to accelerate you need the funding. But you need to ask for it.
Almost everyone agrees that Sealaska should be able to gain the last 65,000 to 85,000 acres promised the corporation by ...
To my knowledge, there's no opposition to the Bering Straits land conveyance bill.
NPCA is opposed to all language in this bill that directs the National Park Service to enter into a cooperative agreemen...
I would suggest to you that 38 years for the Sealaska people to wait for their lands is not treating them fairly.
I appreciate the administration's statement of support for S. 522.
It seems to me that the appropriate response here is to say that we've got to do more within the budget to allow for the...
I appreciate the hearing this morning and I want to thank our nominees for their willingness to serve.
It is incredibly important that within USGS they help to work with us to predict and minimize the risk to people in the ...
We still would ask for the assistance that we gained in 2007 with that study.
The difficulty is in managing those expectations.
Good and complete information about the extent and the location of our Nation's natural resources is clearly essential.
I would just add another one to put on your radar screen.
It is important that we understand where our resources are and as we are talking about public land set-asides, what we a...
I appreciate you saying that.