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opinion polls show a majority support your logging promotions, 

 you trumpet the results as truth. But when Sealaska Corporation 

 polls the people and finds a clear majority supporting Tongass 

 reform, you discount the validity of polls. And now, Senator 

 Murkowski, you demand a hearing to give all the people of the 

 Tongass a chance to speak, but you change the rules at the end to 

 cheat those who disagree with you of their right to speak out. 



Senator Wirth, I know you are a wise and courageous 

 statesman. I thank you deeply for your help and interest in 

 saving a little bit of this incomparable place. Words alone 

 cannot express the gratitude we have for you. I hope you enjoy 

 your travels in Southeast Alaska and return to stay with us many 

 times. You will always be welcome in our homes. 



Senator Murkowski, you may have succeeded in stacking this 

 hearing and silencing a few voices for the moment, but it will 

 not last. You can try to ignore us but we will not be ignored. 

 You can gag us to keep us from speaking, but even then our 

 silence will speak truths louder than all your endless 

 filibusters and harangues. The voices of all of the people of the 

 Tongass, people who love it just as it is, will not be silenced. 

 We will not go away. 



