Don Young

I agree. The sense is you don't lose the trustability for the Federal Government.

I have been in this business 40 years, and I have heard the same story, 'We are going to do better next time.'

I want you to know that. If we have to have them, I believe in the one-stop shop.

Holy bejeezus. Think how many kids you can educate with that.

Nobody consults with you guys, really, in seriousness. They will tell you why you can't do it, but they won't help you get it done.

But that goes--what I am saying is now here comes the Secretary, that is proposing fracking rules that apply to lands other than public lands, to Native lands.

I interpret this to mean the Secretary believes tribal lands are really public lands that belong to all American people.

I want to assure everybody there is no attempt in this bill to lose the trust responsibility to the tribes.

I say this without any hesitation.

If you are a Nation, why couldn't you offer those credits yourselves to the interested people in Kinetic Energy, et cetera?

The bill must also ensure that tribes can raise tax revenues so that we can manage energy development.

We strongly support the Native American Energy Act, and our focus is actually on Section 11 of that, and it will very clearly help us reduce the Federal interference and the duplication and oversight of Federal agencies from the Navajo…

The fact is we need 10 times as many permits to be approved, and would benefit from one-stop shop.

The tribe supports H.R. 3973, and we believe the bill is a good start and can be expanded to provide more support for tribal energy development.

We take this issue very seriously, because the number of permits that Interior is able to process is directly related to the revenues the tribe has available to serve its members.

The Administration's failure to show up today will not hold up progress on this bill.

I am disappointed in the Department's disregard not only for the Members of the Subcommittee, but for our witnesses.

The question about this initiative should not be 'why' but instead, 'how quickly can we set this in motion'?

Remember, I know who runs the ship around here, and it is the lady friend.

Why can the Interior Department find all kinds of money to fund Wilderness studies in ANWR and other refuges, America's Great Outdoors, and other nonsense, but cannot find the money to fully fund the Alaska Conveyance Program?

In your view, is this an acceptable amount of time for the State and the Native Corporations to wait before the land entitlement is 100% conveyed?

Clearly, this economic recovery has been long delayed. It remains fragile.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank Chairman Hastings and the ranking member for their cooperation in moving this bill. As you said in your explanation, this is a noncontroversial bill. It solves the problem for the…

I just want to make--I do support this legislation.

If we leave God alone, the environment will do what it should do.