04/22/2009
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"Congress must act, for the health of our forests and for the survival of our rural communities."
"I look forward to working with my colleagues on this."
"Alaska is a resource dependent state. Our communities rely on the Federal Government to be a good neighbor and partner to support jobs and economic opportunity on federal lands."
"We also need to do more to gain access to our federal lands for sustainable economic development."