the sooner we can get the government out of it and let you run it, I think it would be a lot better off.

This bill does not fix every problem in the IHS; however, it is a step in the right direction for Indian Country.

Adequate healthcare is one of the most important issues to American Indians and Alaska Natives; however the IHS direct care system is deficient, inadequate, and is simply failing areas of the country that need help the most.

Adequate health care is one of the most important issues to American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Hearing held on Tuesday, July 12, 2016

This bill does not fix every problem in IHS; however, it is a step in the right direction for Indian County.

Either we set the policy--because none of the groups are going to get together.

If I may, the Indian Health Care Act that was in the Obamacare Act was my bill.

I think under the personnel laws, you cannot fire anybody. It is like the VA.

I do believe the Arctic is going to be the biggest challenge we have, as a Nation.

This administration, very frankly, is focused on the human and environmental dimension of the Arctic, and not on the security.

We need something to be happening. We are not having anything really--we have the Arctic Council. Big deal.

First I want to thank Chairman Tiberi for his kind work. We will miss the gentleman from Washington (Mr. McDermott), and I thank him for this bipartisan effort because this is a good bill and I strongly support it. This measure includes…

For the record, this is the same bill that has passed this House twice unanimously. It was over in the Senate, and they sent it back to us. It is a very simple bill that would direct the General Services Administration, on behalf of the…

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I urge its passage. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) that the House suspend…

I want to tell you I am grossly offended by what this Administration has done to my state.

Under ANILCA it is very clear. Read the law. And you have not done that. The law makes it very clear that the state of Alaska has authority to manage fish and game on the preserves, primarily, and on refuges. That is the law.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thankfully, this is the last time we have Ms. Jewell before us.

I suggest respectfully to do that. You do not mess with the state by regulation. Of course, this Administration does. Taking away a right of this Congress that passed it for the state.

Did you consult with the people it directly affected?

May I remind my good friend from Michigan--and she is a dear friend and her husband is a dear friend of mine, he voted for my bill, ANILCA--it is the law. It was an agreement that the State would manage. By the way, it is against the law…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, it always interests me when some people try to undo something that has already occurred legally. Legally, these bears were taken under license of the Canadian Government. Legally, they…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: TITLE __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. _01. PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF FINAL…

My amendment is a relatively complicated amendment in the sense that a lot of people don't have any history of the Alaska National Lands Act. My amendment prohibits the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service from issuing a final ruling…

I want to compliment Mr. Newhouse on introducing this amendment. These roads were built with taxpayer dollars, yet the Forest Service arbitrarily goes in and shuts those roads down so people don't have access to them. We have the same…