I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Jeff Streit

I have come to the floor this morning to recognize and commemorate the 45th anniversary of the first oil moving through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. We actually reached that milepost on Monday so I am here to speak this morning about…

it is long, long past time for the United States to come to terms with the dark and very terrible legacy of Indian boarding schools.

I do not think we have an accurate number yet of the institutions that were in Alaska.

We know that our neighbor to the east, Canada, is dealing with its own history and legacy of Indian boarding schools and has established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I would commend, Mr. Chairman, as this Committee is looking further into this investigation, the reports and what will follow, that what First Alaskans Institute has put in place with the tribunal and the summit on boarding and residential…

Federal Government policy during this time was to use education as 'a weapon against Native people' to accomplish the goals of replacing Native cultures and dispossessing Native peoples of their lands.

he claimed the need to 'kill the Indian, save the man.'

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There are some 53 marked or unmarked burial sites that we know of right now, of students who died at these schools.

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank those who have come before the Committee for your testimony today, for your input, and for your advocacy for so many, knowing that it is personal for so many of you.

The legacy of these schools is one of trauma and loss, and we must work to heal these wounds.

I will add to that, we had a hearing earlier this year in this Committee to discuss, again, the NAGPRA Act and how it is applied to protect tribal funerary objects, patrimony and remains.

As we witness the international shock and outrage at the identification of mass burial sites and unmarked graves of First Nations children in Canada...

we are not going to let that bipartisan law be abused in ways that other Federal agencies and the Biden administration are abusing their power to try to shut down American energy

But was TSCA really focused on climate change? It wasn't.

The Biden administration is encouraging agencies that have no legislative mandate to regulate the energy sector.

we want to lower gas prices, we need to have more oil supply right now.