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On the recordMay 1, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. To close, I am going to quote from the testimony of Charles Lampe, the President of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation who testified on the Biden administration's action in November. We do not approve of 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 our people. I urge all my colleagues to show their support for Alaska and the Alaska Native communities on the North Slope by voting for this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate on the bill has expired. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Stauber The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in House Report 118-477.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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