Not a lot of people know about it, starting with Admiral Rickover. Just really remarkable.

in reserving the right to object, I am requesting a vote on my amendment No. 4329. I am very disappointed that my Democratic colleagues will refuse to vote on this very simple, very important, very constitutionally correct amendment that…

I just want to thank Senator Wyden for his cooperation working on this nominee. Mr. Sams, I do agree, is qualified. We had a long discussion this afternoon about some of the big issues that are impacting my State as it relates to the…

I want to thank my colleague from Oregon, and I will commit to working with him to try and get this done before we head out to recess. We know the treasures of Alaska. As I mentioned, two-thirds of all the Park Service in the country is in…

reserving the right to object, I want to commend my colleague from Oregon and his comments. As a matter of fact, I don't disagree with pretty much anything he said. I had my first good meeting with Mr. Sams this morning, and I would agree…

My State is being targeted--targeted. They are not targeting Delaware, that is for damned sure.

We must ensure that we are addressing the needs of our tribal communities.

The discrimination against indigenous people in my State needs to stop.

Could you imagine any other group in America where the Congress and the President, the Democrats and the Congress say, all these minorities get relief for COVID, but one group in one State, they don't get any relief. It is called…

I think the Biden administration's environmental justice agenda is trying to help minority populations unless they are indigenous people in Alaska.

It is literally a matter of life and death.

I guess what I would ask, and this is following your comments, Assistant Secretary, is if there is a situation where this legislation would inadvertently place land into trust that may be historically tied to another tribe that there is…

I think there have been 19 executive orders or executive actions from this Administration that are focused on Alaska, mostly shutting down Alaska, harming Alaskans.

They don't seem important to this Administration. They seem targeted, to be honest.

I will state that all of these bills have something in common: they acknowledge and affirm the importance of the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Indian tribes.

So the outcomes or results are the same, if you will, regardless of whether it is Congressional recognition or administrative recognition?

We cannot deceive people into thinking that there is some easy button out there that we just have not pushed yet.

I believe that adding two tribal seats will allow Alaska Native people, who have the longest dependence on these resources, a say in management.