The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is touring Alaska this week to take a closer look at the land they spend so much time talking about in Congress.

Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, was in Juneau with 10 other members of Congress on Monday.

“We set natural resources policy, and obviously, Alaska is a big natural resources state, so we’re here seeing things on the ground so that when we’re talking about it in Washington, D.C., it’s not just an academic exercise for us,” she said.

They toured the Hecla Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island and flew over parts of the Tongass National Forest.

The visit comes after the Trump administration’s tax and spending bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, was signed into law July 4. It boosted oil and gas leasing in Alaska, mandated the expa

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