That Roadless Rule exemption finalized in 2020 should stand, but instead, we see an administration that is rolling it back.

I think probably the others on the panel would agree that we can't make roads happen, we can't make water infrastructure happen unless we have some sense of the permitting process.

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

It was extraordinary to me to see the level of interest from Alaskans all over the state, who flew into Anchorage to hear just exactly what the details are on some of these grants.

I think it's a good idea.

We recognize that we have challenges in being able to get that, not the least of which is the extraordinary cost and the time involved.

We need to be doing more in the broadband space, and we need to make sure that we have these tribal set-asides.

what I am hearing on the ground is that BLM has done everything that they need to do.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I hear way too often that it is the siloed world that we are all operating in, and that just further complicates it.

That will be a huge relief to the veterans in my state.

There was an additional $2 billion to the Tribal Broadband Program in the Bipartisan Bill, but that grant funding is still oversubscribed.

I'm just curious as to whether or not there was a reason that it didn't make it into the final budget.

the secretary told us, he told the people of Southeast Alaska that it would ensure that a viable timber industry would continue to exist.

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.

How will funding provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and fiscal year 2022 discretionary funded be allocated and applied to the maintenance/preservation of these valuable investments?

cut through that red tape.

I think we both have talked about a lot of the resources that are coming as a consequence of the Infrastructure Bill...