What is exciting about this, again, we have multiple jurisdictions supporting this.

This proposal is going to be transformative for the Pacific Northwest.

I want to thank you for the opportunity to testify today and for our ongoing partnership.

Given the safety benefits of ADS-B, what additional measures can DOT and FAA take to incentivize further ADS-B equipage?

This is an issue that I think should unite Democrats and Republicans on getting our First Peoples the ability to have clean water.

No, it is not. It is not. Thank you.

Today, I am proud to report that the Biden administration has over 37,000 infrastructure projects moving forward in every State and Territory.

Does the $4 billion cover that, or is that in addition?

That operation and maintenance issue is a giant issue we see in Alaska all the time.

But I want to be clear about how much work remains on reducing roadway deaths, on making our rails and our skies safer.

I am a big fan of our Native American communities, Alaska Native communities.

In my district, the Nisqually Tribe is using these Federal grant funds to pursue a decarbonization initiative work plan.

I would also like to express our appreciation to the sponsors of these bipartisan pieces of legislation--Representatives Zinke, Peltola, Neguse, Lawler, and more--whose leadership on these bills will help strengthen coordination and focus…

my colleagues and I are down on the floor, talking about national security. It is clear--and this is testimony from admirals and generals and Department of Defense officials over the last few years--that we are certainly in one of the most…

It is like airports and other entities, too, all of a sudden they are seeing, like in my State a lot of these entities will go bankrupt, and they weren't the reason for it.

What is more important, I have asked this many times, policy indicator of success more important than are the people you representing living longer?

the Biden administration has environmental justice and equity with a big asterisk, if you are an Alaska Native or indigenous person from Alaska, you don't get any environmental justice or equity.

Don't you think it should prioritize, just for fairness, call it racial justice, racial equity, just call it good old American fairness, the communities that don't have anything first?