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Don Young is a Republican politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district from 1973 until his passing in 2022. He was the longest-serving member of Congress in Alaska's history and was known for his strong advocacy for Alaskan interests, particularly in areas such as resource development and indigenous rights. Young was a prominent figure in various legislative efforts, including those related to transportation and infrastructure in Alaska. Throughout his tenure, he was recognized for his direct and often colorful communication style, which resonated with many constituents.
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to thank my good friend and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee for including my amendment on section 811 of the fiscal year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act in one of today's en…
That is not what they sold to the public. That is not what was signed. I have the letters. No more gambling in the Phoenix area. That is in the compact.
I hope you are not misinterpreting, 'old growth timber' in Southeast is truly old growth and is dead, it has little value because we eliminated the pulp mills.
I thank the good lady, and just one comment on Carcieri. We are going to have a hearing and a markup on that bill.
It is critical that Sealaska complete its remaining land entitlement under ANCSA in order to continue to meet the economic, social and cultural needs of its Native shareholders and the Native community throughout Alaska.
Will authorize Sealaska, the regional Native corporation for southeast Alaska to finalize its 40 year old land settlement.
The six bills we are hearing today resolve a variety of land related issues affecting tribes in Oregon, Arizona and Alaska.
The reason they could not select enough lands in Southeast, including the State, it was reserved at that time.
Energy created by this micro-hydro project will cut the roadhouse's diesel usage in half, and drastically reduce the needs of these trips.
I have a bill on the Floor that--or, excuse me, in the Committee--that, unfortunately or fortunately, the Park Service and I do agree.
They have burned 9,600,000 acres of trees last year, and if you add that up, it's over 900 million barrels of oil.
The Forest Service is a lousy agency right now. They are not doing anything but playing with themselves.
First, I would like to remind everybody it is the President's budget, but we write the budget, and I want everybody to remember that. And this cut is dramatic and I just want to know that I don't support it.
If we don't manage these trees, God will. And he will burn them to the ground, polluting the air.
There is going to be people looking at our national forests and saying, 'What the hell were they thinking?' It is going to be a desert. Dead trees burnt down, wasted, and communities dead.
We could have managed that timber, managed it so we didn't have those fires, and put the corn in the cow's bellies and people's bellies, instead of using ethanol from corn.
Representative Don Young worked really hard to address the docks and fishing boats that ended up on the Alaskan coastline and affected the fisheries there.
At this time, I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my good friend from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).
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