Would you agree that Tongass National Forest in Alaska, 16 million acres of temperate rainforest, is exactly the kind of forest we should be protecting right now for its climate mitigation potential?
Questioning the importance of protecting the Tongass National Forest for climate benefits.
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I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.
The bill gives anyone the ability to stake a mining claim, whether there are valuable minerals on the land or not.
Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.
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