I personally think statehood would do it.

I would like to see this not be a black eye on American citizens, and Puerto Rico be accepted as equal.

If I thought for a moment there was true negotiation, government-to-government, I wouldn't be having this bill.

Injustice does not pander to those that have, and deprive those that do not have.

Only we can open it up.

ANCSA prohibits these communities from obtaining an administrative or judicial solution, so legislation is necessary.

This is an issue of government-to-government relationships.

It was theirs, before. And to take and be this small, and not say it is their right, is wrong.

What I am trying to do is rectify that.

The final bill on our agenda today, H.R. 2538, would direct the Interior Secretary to take into trust approximately 511 acres of non-contiguous fee land owned by the Lytton Rancheria.

My bill would recognize the five communities under ANCSA, establish urban corporations for the communities, and provide a process for the newly established urban corporations to negotiate with the Department of the Interior.

I understand the concern of the gentleman from Louisiana on the current status of red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico and your interest to support actions taken by the Gulf States that are supported by many of your constituents…

The amendment I am offering today makes a few clarifications to the underlying bill. It modifies language in the bill allowing for the use of graduate students in the collection of recreational fishing data. The fields of science the…

(Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

We don't need any sanctuaries in this bill. We don't need some outside groups telling the fishermen, the communities, and the scientists--it is our belief--when they know little about it. I happen to have the largest coastline in the whole…

I would just, again, like to remind my colleagues this was requested by the communities so there wouldn't be a delay. We are not eliminating NEPA. There is already a process in the Magnuson Act which was not there in the original act, I…

Thank you to the chairman of the full committee. Mr. Chairman, history is a wonderful thing. People who went through the same experiences see things differently. For the record, I would like to correct the ranking member. While he is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, strike lines 5 through 9 and insert the following: ``(4) The Secretary shall, to the extent…

This same amendment was offered in committee; it failed. It is my understanding that rigs and platforms are already required to eliminate harm under their leases. In fact, most of the fishermen I talk to on the Gulf say the platforms are…

The gentleman's amendment, I am pleased to report he has accepted some portion of our bill, but there is some question about the Endangered Species Act. We had a case in Alaska where NOAA, which I don't know how it happened, they put the…

I disagree with the gentleman from New Mexico's comments on this. This does not add an additional cost, and why people say that, I don't know. All this does is very simple, and I explained it when I explained my amendment, and I urge the…

This bill is a good piece of legislation. I want to thank Mr. Mullin for bringing it up. While we are on the subject, I would like to talk about the necessity of ICWA, the Child Welfare Act of this Congress past which I was a sponsor of…

I am deeply concerned about this. I have been around here long enough to watch the CEQ work.

It, frankly, appears that this is a snub to this committee's oversight function, and it is a snub to me, personally, and I do not take that lightly.

Only one comment, Kevin, that the Administration does not have the trust authority with Indian tribes. It is the Congress, only the Congress, not the Administration.