I am sure that you are aware of the lawsuit from the Wild Fish Conservancy in Washington State regarding the southern re...
I would like to address my questions to the NOAA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for pronouncing it correctly, so that I knew that we had been pronouncing it incorrectly.
Okay. I want to note that we are going to continue to place a priority on that.
Alaska provides the only location capable of supporting both short- and long-range hypersonic weapons testing within the...
the local hire and the incorporation of local knowledge in land management is super-important for us in Alaska.
I know that Senator Shaheen spoke with you about H2Bs.
But I will tell you, none of that is any good to a place like Alaska where the electricity is unaffordable and the servi...
So you don't consider that outreach, do you?
But when it is our own systems that effectively hold them back, that is not fair to anybody.
I happen to believe very strongly in Admiral Fagan's comments that this is an extraordinary return for American people.
We have a responsibility to support the sovereignty of tribal nations in energy development.
One of the challenges that we have in Alaska, just as it is difficult to get things in, you have to fly barrels of fuel ...
In Alaska, again, with small tribes, it is complicated, but most utilities are also small and simply can't afford the ma...
But many of them are starting to feel like, is this a false promise? Is this a false promise here?
I want to underscore again using my State as an example, Alaska Native peoples as an example of why it is so imperative ...
So as you are working to advance this program, please understand that the reason they are allowing consortia in NTIA and...
Most Native communities in Alaska still are relying on diesel fuel and heating oil.
