The law is very clear. There are hazards to safety. The reg shouldn't be finalized and that's in the statute.
We are well behind in the construction of how are we going to facilitate our icebreaking fleet.
Let's visit on that because I'd also like to talk to you about the potential for the Ukrainian people that have come to Alaska.
We are lagging and a commercially available icebreaker is just going to be a gap-filler.
What do we do? You know what the answer is? We fly it in.
the threat of regulation of av gas causes great anxiety for airline, airplane operators in Alaska.
Alaska is really the first line of defense for our nation up there.
If you have greater resources, it would seem to me reasonable that this would certainly free that up. Would you not agree?
We need to prioritize the needs of our tribal communities in energy discussions.
It's kind of embarrassing to think that a country like India is going to have an icebreaker in the water before we would.
Fourteen percent, about 14 percent of households in Indian Country don't have electricity.
If we can resolve some of these things quickly to allow for these applications to be submitted, and again, to take advantage of this, that i...
I understand the Navy is collaborating with the Coast Guard in designing the Polar Security Cutters.
just having a strategy is nothing if we do not resource it.
I would encourage you to do that.
We should be working together to try to figure out how we can solve some of these problems...
There shouldn't be any ambiguity to it. To us, that is legislative intent, and it is specified.
