With all due respects, in Alaska, the Park Service does not have a good reputation with Alaska Native tribes.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Without objection, it is so ordered. State of the Union Address

obviously, the images coming out of Ukraine and the heroism that we are seeing is inspiring people all across America, all across the world, and it is spurring governments to action, appropriate action. Just the other day, there was a…

I want to come down to the floor and talk about the issue that is certainly the focus of America and the world right now, and that is Ukraine, and that is the President's State of the Union Address, which will be a very important one…

So nobody is going to go, well, you know, the Port of Alaska just got this big award, so we are not going to give them a grant, because they just got something. You are not going to do that?

let me begin with one of the areas of course correction that we are urging the President to undertake, and that is in the area of national defense. There are many lessons that we are going to learn from this Ukrainian invasion, but one of…

It moves 90 percent of all goods that come into Alaska, 90 percent. So very important that way.

My constituents, as you can imagine, were happy about the litigation finally looking like we have prevailed. But now they are worried that someone is going to take it out and use it against us.

I want to get your commitment to come on up to Alaska and actually see and walk the ground with me, this port and other aspects of our infrastructure sometime soon.

I would like your assurance that this award is not treated by the DOT as an award in lieu of any of the future grants.

We cannot lower our aspirations for our children.

Do I think that there needs to be legislation introduced today on the Federal level to authorize compact schools? No.

we are doing a disservice to Native children.

I think the time is right, as President Kitka said. We may not have all the answers today, but it seems like the opportune time to be connecting with those partners and say, we have an idea and maybe this is an idea that will satisfy that…

If you just sit back and accept the status quo, we will put more generations of young Alaska Natives behind.

we commend you for your long-standing and continued interest in legislation and legislative oversight of programs that are designed to meet the distinct social, cultural, and economic needs of Alaska Native communities and individuals.

Field hearings are an opportunity to bring the Senate and the Committee to you, the Alaska Native communities that we represent.

We just have to look at it a little bit differently, which is what we are trying to do here, is look at things a little bit differently.