The whole purpose under ANCSA was to allow for economic opportunities to proceed and that, as Senator Begich has mention...
Turning to S. 881, the Sealaska Lands bill, again I'm proud to be a co-sponsor and hope you will give it your fullest at...
ANCSA may be history for many in Congress, but the Act continues to define daily life in my State 40 years after its pas...
I think Senator Murkowski laid out an interesting comment in regards to the lands that suddenly became available.
Can you do that for the record, not only from the past, but what you're preparing now for the next budget cycle?
We believe that Alaskans' daily connection to our lands is more intense than most of America.
For Alaskans, it's critical that we come to agreement on this issue of the Sealaska lands bill so we can move forward on...
I hope that the Departments don't use precedent-setting as the only reason.
I'm a co-sponsor of both of these measures and support your speedy passage of both.
I understand the mathematical issue of how much acres is available, how much they selected and what is left to select, b...
But just in terms of an ongoing relationship with this Committee and maybe even individual Senators, it would be very, v...
it is going to be hard to build an economy that works.
Assure me that that is not happening, if you can.
In conversation between two Alaskans you're likely to get three more opinions on the same subject, so when we see a cons...
Thank you very much, Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Murkowski. I appreciate the opportunity to address the committee ...
We don't have that problem, as rural and as unique as our State is.
I will do everything I can to give the President that authority, because I think it's enormously important.
I am absolutely mystified as to why the President of the United States wasn't here, the first day, to ask for trade prom...
