The dual management and differing management regimes on State and Federal land causes both confusion and frustration for so many rural Alaska residents.
the responsibilities that I have to the people of the State of Alaska, so many of them, come back to our lands.
I think it's important to point out that, to my knowledge, a hearing of this nature has never occurred in this committee...
I don't have any illusions that by holding this hearing today we're going to solve, with one fell swoop, the issues as t...
litigation is not going to deliver more caribou, more fish or more moose.
We may have a lot of issues as it relates to subsistence in areas of disagreement, but it seems that the one area where ...
At the core of the discussion, subsistence is about a way of life, pretty basic, pretty elemental.
Again, FERC is an independent agency. It must remain an independent agency.
We recognize that FERC is independent by law and by design.
We have some issues that we need to resolve.
So I think it speaks to the significance of the nomination that we have here today to be chairman of the FERC.