It is incredibly expensive to do this kind of a cleanup.
Plastic is everywhere.
Since the event, NOAA's Marine Debris Program has closely monitored the incoming tides of debris.
The impact of marine debris is significant and requires our immediate attention.
If Homeland Security and the military did not know the ship was this close to the United States and it was just floating...
How do you respond to that? And maybe you cannot.
this Senator is going to continue to push until NOAA responds in the appropriate way of giving our coastal communities t...
the role of the Federal Government in emergencies is to assist states, not just say it is your responsibility, good luck...
Let me ask on one issue I am concerned about and that is one of the parts of the debris is a sizable amount.
I think part of the problem is NOAA stepping into this arena is one that we are not very familiar with.
We do not have the funds to mount a cleanup, especially in areas as remote as Alaska or some of the northwestern Hawaiia...
As I understand the current Act, we do not have the authority to actually do the cleanup.
I know of no other issue that is more central and bedrock to our relationship than this issue which is the subject matte...
Some Alaskan communities, including the entire island of Adak are on the brink of disaster because of the sever USF fund...
We need some ability, because at the end of the year, they will not be able to pay their RUS loans, and they will be out...
Is there a way, especially for very small carriers, because the waiver process cost is the same.
I want to thank you for working with me during the FCC's recent efforts to reform the Universal Service Fund.
However, the reality is that given Alaska's geography, distance from the lower 48, and the very remote locations of smal...
