The difficulty is in managing those expectations.
I have a whole series of questions, but I don't want Mr. Claus to feel like I'm not giving equal time.
What these bills at their heart attempt to resolve is issues with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that this Congress passed some 38 ...
if you're going to accelerate you need the funding. But you need to ask for it.
Almost everyone agrees that Sealaska should be able to gain the last 65,000 to 85,000 acres promised the corporation by ANCSA's terms.
To my knowledge, there's no opposition to the Bering Straits land conveyance bill.
NPCA is opposed to all language in this bill that directs the National Park Service to enter into a cooperative agreement with Sealaska Corp...
I would suggest to you that 38 years for the Sealaska people to wait for their lands is not treating them fairly.
I appreciate the hearing this morning and I want to thank our nominees for their willingness to serve.
It is important that we understand where our resources are and as we are talking about public land set-asides, what we are doing.
At a time when our country is struggling to come out of our longest and deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, enacting a reg...