Mr. Chairman, I think you can hear, whether it is from Alaska and our lands up north to the lands as far south as New Mexico and Arizona, this is an issue that I think there is clearly common ground.

Statement of Senator Murkowski.

Statement of Senator Murkowski.

This is not acceptable. The forested lands owned by ANCs are in every aspect Indian forest land.

AFN supports Senate Bill 4370 because of this growing risk of wildfires and other invasive pests in our forests.

just before we close, I want to acknowledge my Committee intern, Nyche Andrew. She is Inupiaq, she is Yup'ik, she is from Anchorage.

Mr. Chairman, I think you can hear, whether it is from Alaska and our lands up north to the lands as far south as New Mexico and Arizona, this is an issue that I think there is clearly common ground.

Obviously, fire doesn't follow borders drawn on a map or any other strictures of law.

The importance of forest management for Alaska Native communities cannot be overstated.

I want to make sure that we don't have any ambiguity.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Green for yielding. Today, I rise in strong support of H.J. Res. 1371 introduced by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. Each day, the failed policies of this administration become more glaring, and those who…

What the Postal Service is telling them to do is just get the truck out no matter what they know is coming.

In some States, those ballots have to be delivered in a timely way to ensure that they arrive on time and that these votes count.

In States like mine, we have been highly successful in getting absentee ballots in on time because Postal Service employees on the ground... know what's at stake.

In some States, those ballots have to be delivered in a timely way to ensure that they arrive on time and that these votes count.

There has been nothing convincing in their responses to us that they really have done the kind of due diligence they should do before this decision.

This is drilling down on the details that matter.

I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding a very important hearing.