I do think it is important for us to continue this bipartisan approach to these issues.

We can choose to look to others to meet that demand and make ourselves more vulnerable.

I can say with real certainty that was not the case.

Alaska is willing, and able, and ready to increase our Nation's and our allies energy security.

Our reality as a country is that we have a resource that not only we need right now, but the world needs right now.

Yeah, but there has been nothing that was laid down they can't indicate what their interest is.

I think it goes without saying, but we certainly need funding to conduct the hazardous fuels reduction.

I appreciate the efforts of the Department and Bureau of Land Management so far in implementing the Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Allotment program as I authorized in the Dingell Act.

I firmly believe that we need to have a realistic plan for the future of our energy supply.

I think the President needs to focus on places like Alaska, not Saudi Arabia, not Venezuela, not Iran.

I appreciate your willingness to work with me on areas that we do have agreement.

The Federal Government has long failed to live up to its promises and trust responsibilities.

The appointment of Secretary Deb Haaland to the Department of the Interior is historic for this reason.

This is what happens when the Federal government-to-government relationship works.

I have come to the floor this morning to recognize and commemorate the 45th anniversary of the first oil moving through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. We actually reached that milepost on Monday so I am here to speak this morning about…

I do not think we have an accurate number yet of the institutions that were in Alaska.

We know that our neighbor to the east, Canada, is dealing with its own history and legacy of Indian boarding schools and has established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I would commend, Mr. Chairman, as this Committee is looking further into this investigation, the reports and what will follow, that what First Alaskans Institute has put in place with the tribunal and the summit on boarding and residential…

As we witness the international shock and outrage at the identification of mass burial sites and unmarked graves of First Nations children in Canada...

There are some 53 marked or unmarked burial sites that we know of right now, of students who died at these schools.

The legacy of these schools is one of trauma and loss, and we must work to heal these wounds.

he claimed the need to 'kill the Indian, save the man.'

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

it is long, long past time for the United States to come to terms with the dark and very terrible legacy of Indian boarding schools.

Federal Government policy during this time was to use education as 'a weapon against Native people' to accomplish the goals of replacing Native cultures and dispossessing Native peoples of their lands.