"I am grateful to Chairman Stauber and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola for introducing H.R. 6285."
"This is our right and it implements the intent of ANCSA! This is our destiny and our economic freedoms that were promised by Congress."
"We will not become conservation refugees at the behest of the environmental corporations from the lower-48 states that are trying to 'protect us from ourselves.'"
"we support your bill. I am here to continue the legacy of our past leaders to fight for what is rightfully ours--these are our homelands."
"We do not approve of these efforts to turn our homeland into one giant national park, which literally guarantees us a fate with no economy, no jobs, reduced subsistence, and no hope for the future of ..."
"The Federal Government should not prioritize the media over the voices of Alaska Native communities who will be directly affected by its policies."
"The Department needs to rescind its cancellation of the leases and allow exploration."
"We are good stewards of our lands and resources, and we have been for millennia."
"This means that we are being heard. We, of course, support your bill."
"I think that this Administration has shown Alaskans some deference in terms of Willow, the largest oil project that our state, our nation has seen in decades."
"The issue and goal of this Administration seems to be to erase us from the landscape!"