02/15/2012
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"this proposal, in my view, is dead on arrival. It's just not going to happen."
"I also want to acknowledge the good work of Deputy Secretary David Hayes, and I share the chairman's appreciation for the work that you have provided for the Department of the Interior under former Se..."
"the notion that the State must pay for the final lands entitled to it under the statehood act is equally wrongheaded."
"I must tell you that there are two proposals in this request that are, frankly, an insult to the people of Alaska."