2014-02-18                     Senate Journal                      Page 1668
            May we use our positions of power to speak                                                                          
            for those who are unable or cannot. God, I                                                                          
            pray you bless and challenge these individuals                                                                      
            to be their best selves now and every day,                                                                          
            whether they are here in session or out and                                                                         
            about.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
            In the Spirit of love and compassion I pray                                                                         
            today,              Amen.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Senator McGuire led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                Certification                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the journals                                                             
for the twenty-fifth through twenty-eighth legislative days be approved                                                         
as certified by the Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                           Messages from the House                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Message dated February 17 was read stating the House passed and                                                                 
transmitted for consideration:                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                        First Reading and Reference of                                                                       
                              House Resolutions                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
HJR 15                                                                                                                        
CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(RES) BY THE                                                                                
HOUSE RESOURCES COMMITTEE,                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          Supporting the introduction and enactment of federal                                                                  
          legislation acknowledging that the federal                                                                            
          government is financially responsible under the                                                                       
          Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for the                                                                           
          remediation of contaminated land subject to                                                                           
          conveyance under the Act                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Resources Committee.