I appreciate your recognition of the importance of this bill and the fact that the Forest Service does support the principle objective as I have outlined in my statement.

It's a very important bill to me. It's a very important bill to so many Alaskans.

We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on this legislation which will shape the future of Southeast Alaska in profound ways.

I think it's important that we have worked diligently throughout this process to ensure that it is not precedent setting.

It will not be establishing a precedent for reopening into the future for other Native Corporations.

It's been difficult to get that level of commitment.

I am hopeful that we are close to being able to resolve this.

But I think that it is recognized that good faith effort was made by everyone from Sealaska, to the communities, to the fishermen, to the sportsmen, to the recreationists, to the folks in the agencies.

We greatly appreciate Ranking Member Murkowski's leadership on this issue.

We are grateful that Sen. Murkowski has taken the issue on.

We testified in support of the Alaska Land Transfer and Acceleration Act of 2004 legislation sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski.

The scientific community broadly supports the next Mars mission as well, as demonstrated by its top ranking in the National Research Council's Decadal Survey.

I thank Ms. Eshoo for her wisdom, as well as for her submissions.

Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, I and 19 of my colleagues wrote to the Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to engage us in a debate on the House floor as to what our national policy should be in response to climate change. That…

I appreciate the leadership sponsoring S. 507, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

We are grateful for the co-sponsorship of Senators Patty Murray and Tom Udall.

Mr. President, I rise this morning to introduce legislation. The legislation is entitled the ``Dependable Air Service Act.'' It is a very simple, straightforward solution to the issue of the furloughs of air traffic controllers, and I…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mr. Hoeven pertaining to the introduction of S. 794 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'') Madam President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the…