Thank you Mr. Chairman. Appreciate the opportunity to be back at work here on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies;

Well, and Madam Secretary, if I may, because I was at that roundtable with Secretary McDonough.

As you well know we have a public safety issue in the State of Alaska, some have described it as a crisis.

I am looking forward to finding further creative funding solutions with you.

I think we have made upholding the Federal Government's trust responsibility a bipartisan priority, and it needs to continue to be so.

So do you think then that we need to address this language that limits it to these Federal lands that are either bordering or adjacent to, because it is not just Alaska, it would be throughout the Lower 48, where you have got some…

I have long said that I do not believe that we have to choose between a healthy forest and a healthy economy.

A failure to have meaningful oil and gas programs, including in the 1002 area where the Administration is illegally disregarding the law, will reduce domestic investment at the worst possible time for our country and our global allies.

I hope we are able to reconcile that. Let us know if we can be helpful.

Madam Secretary, let's begin with the first part of my opening statement, which was reference to the people of King Cove.

I am very interested in seeing what is possible. And if we can move the dial a little bit on this issue, I am in for it 100 percent.

I hope we are able to reconcile that. Let us know if we can be helpful.

When I talk to communities in my state, they very much want to take on PFAS, but they are concerned about national regulations, and how they could, potentially, amount to new unfunded mandates.

I think it has to be done at whatever expense necessary.

You know that is not right. They know that is not right.

A lot of Alaskans, to a person, are so conscientious about the single use plastic.

Alaska is willing and able to increase our Nation's and our allies energy security.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. Appreciate the opportunity to be back at work here on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies;