Don Young: “That is wrong with our Government today, Mr. Chairman. We are not being run by a legislative process.”

When the tribe asked Congressman Don Young to cosponsor the bill years ago, he looked me in the eye and said, so the landowners get resolved, the tribe still has to prove its case, are you sure that is what you want? I said, yes, sir, it…

It was sponsored by Congressman Debbie Dingell and initially by Congressman Don Young.

When the tribe asked Congressman Don Young to cosponsor the bill years ago, he looked me in the eye and said, so the landowners get resolved, the tribe still has to prove its case, are you sure that is what you want? I said, yes, sir, it…

We have learned firsthand that resource development and protection of the environment are not mutually exclusive goals.