[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 4 of Rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       194. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Legislature of 
     the State of Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 29 
     urging the President of the United States and the United 
     States Congress to encourage and promote continued 
     responsible exploration, development, and production of 
     domestic oil and gas resources; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       195. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 7 urging the 
     United States Congress to preserve its right to enact a law 
     providing for the evironmentally responsible exploration and 
     development of oil and gas resources in the Arctic National 
     Wildlife Refuge by not passing any legislation that 
     designates land in Area 1002 of the Arctic National Wildlife 
     Refuge as wilderness; to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       196. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 24 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to pass legislation to open 
     the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to 
     oil and gas exploration and that the Alaska State Legislature 
     is opposed to further wilderness or other restrictive 
     designation in the area of the coastal plain; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       197. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 16 urging the 
     Congress to support responsible development of the oil and 
     gas resources in federal waters offshore of Alaska's coast as 
     a means to ensure energy independence, security for the 
     nation, and jobs for Alaskans; to the Committee on Natural 
     Resources.
       198. Also, a memorial of the Legislature of the State of 
     Alaska, relative to Legislative Resolve No. 28 memorializing 
     the Congress of the United States to recognize the 
     sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States over all powers not 
     otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by 
     the Constitution of the United States; to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.

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