I continue to strongly support this bill.
I'm hopeful that with passage of this legislation the strength of the Southeastern economy can continue in an upwards tr...
Thank you for holding this hearing on S. 730, what most Alaskans call the Sealaska lands bill.
I want to make sure that this legislation, not only addresses the equity that is at stake here for the Sealaska sharehol...
Without passage of this bill, Sealaska will likely be forced out of the timber business.
This bill allows Sealaska to select other lands to complete its entitlement.
This is bad public policy and a rotten deal for salmon fisheries.
But if it is that's a huge breakthrough and we want to encourage that.
But I have been less optimistic, less encouraged--and certainly now, since this decision on the Roadless has come out, I...
It's important for me, and I think, the public, to know that you're spending each year on the timber program--we need to...
We felt by going with this list, this gave us the best chance to be able to reach an agreement.