I would say, seriously, we ought to start thinking about reducing carbon emissions, but we also ought to be talking about how do we address that in some of the areas which we have been working on.

I would first like to congratulate Representative Haaland on her election to the House of Representatives and for being selected as the new Chair of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee.

The sorry state of our Federal forests has become a national disgrace and national emergency.

I would say one thing. We ought to, if anything we do, consider a funding program to make sure that we do address this issue, because, very frankly, it is not the Alaska Natives' responsibility or their blame.

What will be our responsibility?

A village has, probably, no roads, only an airport, small, fuel has to be shipped in by air or by boat.

It depends. In some areas, it is 3 hours, and you are having to fly in the fuel. They have had this generator. They had enough money to buy it maybe 10, 15 years ago, and now they will have to put on a so-called air cleaner. They don't…

I thank the gentleman for bringing this up. This is not a Trump bill. This is a bill that affects one area: Alaska. This bill was asked for by the people who live in Alaska, not New Yorkers, by people who need power, that have not had…

Oh, 25, 50, 100. My village that I live in has got 550. That is all. To give you an idea, if the gentleman would yield to me for a second: If you took Alaska, all the land east of the Mississippi River, to the Atlantic Ocean, to the tip of…

By the way, there is no income. This is a poverty subsistence-style life. They do have a school trying to improve their lot. They do have a clinic trying to help their health. But you are going take the power away because you want to keep…

And I rise in strong support of the legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo).

First, I would like to thank the chairman very much for bringing this legislation to the floor. It is a Senate bill very much like the bill I introduced that came out of the committee. The bill promotes energy projects critical for…

I have no more speakers, and 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 the rules and pass the bill, S. 825. The…

I thank Mr. Russell and the minority member for their work on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3398 is a bill that should be passed. I strongly support it. I was listening to the testimony from the chairman, and he has put it so well, I…

All these bills deserve merit. And if we don't do it, in fact, the Act itself eventually will be defeated by the people.

But the idea that they were going to punish the ranch because we protected something, that is how stupid this bill is.

I am the only one that has ever voted on this Act.

I have no other speakers, and 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 the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 6414. The…

I thank Chairman Hunter and Ranking Member Garamendi and, of course, Peter DeFazio. This is a good piece of legislation. I had a House bill similar in fact, too. This came over from the Senate side, but I am not really interested in whose…

the Puerto Rican people deserve better, and they are not going to get it through a government-run energy unit.

(Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.) =========================== NOTE =========================== July 18, 2018, on page H6515, the following appeared: The Chair recognizes the gentleman…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: limitation Sec. __. None of the…

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 156, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. Page 157, line 13, after…

I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. This is a good amendment to this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young). The amendment…

I appreciate the comments from the chairman, and especially the comments from the gentlewoman who understands and has opposition. I would like to remind everybody, again, the reclamation was taking place, the mitigation was taking place…