09/19/2023
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"I appreciate the fact that our first Native Alaskan Congresswoman is moving this bill forward, a mere three decades later."
"Every tribe deserves the ability to protect their people, access their historic lands, care for sacred animals, and have a place to come together as a community."
"This legislation would reverse this administration's sweeping September 6 announcements that restrict development on 13 million acres in NPR-A and reinstate resource development leases in the ANWR."
"H.R. 6285 addresses both land rights and usage on the North Slope, both of which are essential to the self-determination of the Indigenous communities."