The session’s stated agenda is education and a Department of Agriculture, but lawmakers expressed skepticism about progress ...

FILE – A view of one of the faces of North America’s tallest peak, then-named Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) ...

FILE – A view of one of the faces of North America’s tallest peak, then-named Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) ...

A 29-year-old skier visiting Alaska's Denali National Park died on June 10 after being caught in an avalanche while descending Mt. McKinley.

FILE – A view of one of the faces of North America’s tallest peak, then-named Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File) ...