Hearing: Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Committee on Natural Resources)

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 (10:15 AM)

1324HR
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Nagruk Harcharek
President, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, Anchorage, Alaska

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  • Truth in Testimony Harcharek [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Bio Harcharek [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Ms. Deantha Skibinski
Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, Alaska

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  • Truth in Testimony Skibinski [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Bio Skibinski [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

The Honorable John Christensen Jr.
Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK

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  • Testimony Christensen [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Christensen [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
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Mr. Clark Penney
President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK

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  • Testimony Penney [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Penney [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • CV Penney [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Panel two

Mr. Ethan Tyler
Senior Director of Public Policy and Lands, Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, AK

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  • Testimony Tyler [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Tyler [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Bio Tyler [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Mr. Dutch Kuyper
Vice President, Land and Real Estate, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK

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  • Testimony Kuyper [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Kuyper [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Mr. Philip Wight
Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska

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  • Testimony Wight [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Wight [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • CV Wight [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Clarence Clark
Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK

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  • Testimony Clark [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • Truth in Testimony Clark [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM
  • CV Clark [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF] Added 09/15/2025 at 08:35 AM
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 09/16/2025 at 05:14 PM

First Published: September 15, 2025 at 08:34 AM
Last Updated: September 16, 2025 at 05:14 PM


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