I am not sure where the issue is in getting these resources directed out to the states.

we must do better on this, we must do better on this

We can choose to look to others to meet that demand and make ourselves more vulnerable, more reliant on others.

I believe that IHS has been chronically underfunded and we need to make improvements.

I share the Chairman's desire, and concern, and knowing what we can anticipate with regards to the guidance.

We cannot afford for it to take 10 years to permit a mine on public land.

What we need here is a strategic focus to reduce our dependence on China and Russia.

Alaska stands ready, willing, and certainly able to be a big part of that solution, all while we insist on meeting the highest environmental standards in the world.

This is something that a lot of people know about the historic Iditarod Trail, but what we would like to do is understand the feasibility of whether we could add this Alaska Long Trail to the list of national scenic trails.

So oversight again absolutely key to everything that we do around here.

Roe is still the law of the land. We don`t know the direction that this decision may ultimately take. But if -- if it goes in the direction that this leaked copy has indicated, I would just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the Court…

I'm just asking if you can commit to overseeing that timeline to ensure that we're not going to have this significant gap between now and 2027.

It seems to me that revoking Title 42 is going to be creating more problems than it will resolve.

Well, if there is a new proposed rule, we want to make sure that there is going to be plenty of opportunity for public review and comment on that.

This would include a portion of the Iditarod, but it would effectively go from Tidewater all the way up to Fairbanks.

Well, I am glad that you have raised that. I can't tell you the number of people who have said to me, you know, I am driving down the highway to go down to the Kenai, and it is just all this dead standing stuff, and there must be some use…

Well, critical and time is important. So I appreciate that.

I think we all recognize that pre-commercial thinning is useful, it is necessary for healthy forests, and as well as for the wildlife habitat.