If we could finish a project in three years, we would be happy. It just doesn't happen when your building season is really like three months long.

I want to shift to the issue that you raised, Ms. Davidson.

I have been a co-sponsor of Senator Bennet's resolution that clarifies and affirms that the United States' trust responsibility is to ensure water access.

Alaskans living in communities without access to running water are five times more likely to be hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections.

We can either fund another study or we can make an investment to protect our babies and to keep them in communities, our communities, where we belong.

But I don't want to be in a position where we have finally answered people's prayers by saying, you are going to get all this Federal money, there is a lot in the pipeline, but then we just can't stuff it into the limited capacity pie that…

We would encourage you to look at that. Again, I don't think anybody feels like we need to have another study to know that we have a very extensive list when it comes to O&M needs.

According to the IHS, one in ten Native Americans lacks access to clean water or indoor plumbing.

I know that certainly factors into everything that we are trying to do in Alaska, because of course, everything needs to be flown up, it is either flown up or barged in the case of Alaska or Hawaii.

Yes, we have been learning a lot, I think just like anybody else who is doing any construction these days, that prices have changed, we are confronting supply challenges just to complete anything or with workforce.

If we could finish a project in three years, we would be happy. It just doesn't happen when your building season is really like three months long.

We can either fund another study or we can make an investment to protect our babies and to keep them in communities, our communities, where we belong.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We would encourage you to look at that. Again, I don't think anybody feels like we need to have another study to know that we have a very extensive list when it comes to O&M needs.

But I don't want to be in a position where we have finally answered people's prayers by saying, you are going to get all this Federal money, there is a lot in the pipeline, but then we just can't stuff it into the limited capacity pie that…

It should shock us as Alaskans. It should shock us as Americans that basic, basic matters like safe water, drinking water, basic sanitation needs are still so unmet in so many places.

I am really very pleased to be on the floor with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to talk about this. As my colleague from North Carolina has pointed out, it was pretty clear--it was more than pretty clear; it was crystal clear--what…

I want to shift to the issue that you raised, Ms. Davidson.