Deantha Skibinski / Alaska Miners Association

House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.” Witnesses Panel I (Outside Experts) • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, Anchorage, AK • Ms. Deantha Skibinski, Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Dutch Kuyper, Vice President, Lands and Development, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, AK • Mr. John Christensen Jr., Tribal President, Native Village of Port Heiden, Port Heiden, AK (Minority witness) Panel II (Outside Experts) • Mr. Ethan Tyler, Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands, Aleut, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clark Penney, President, Penney Capital, Anchorage, AK • Mr. Clarence Clark, Owner, Southeast Alaska Resources, Ketchikan, AK • Mr. Philip Wight, Associate Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK (Minority witness) Committee Notice and Documents: https://naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=418363 https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118599