Political Quotes

“Fewer than 20 Alaska native Vietnam-era veterans have received their conveyances. A big part of the reason why so few of the more than 2,000 eligible Vietnam-era veterans or their heirs have received those lands is because they were delayed or outright blocked by the previous administration. The previous administration blocked their ability to select and receive their lands. To hear my colleagues...suggesting that somehow Republicans are standing in the way of Vietnam-era veteran land conveyances in my home State is ludicrous. It is simply not true. In fact, my bill extends the available time for them to make those selections by 5 years, and there is nothing in this CRA that prevents them from making those selections. We hope that they do. In fact, we want more land to be available to those families. In fact, there are some communities in Alaska where Vietnam-era veterans who are eligible in this program have to select land hundreds of miles away from their own community. We are trying to unlock the State of Alaska...”