Madam Secretary, let's begin with the first part of my opening statement, which was reference to the people of King Cove.
let's talk about the Alaska Native Vietnam Vets Allotment Program.
Thank you Chairman Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, and Members of the subcommittee for your leadership to reduce pollution in r...
Thank you Mr. Chairman. Appreciate the opportunity to be back at work here on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies;
I hope that you and your team will be able to explore ways in which CDS projects can be awarded faster.
I have had subsequent conversations and I will share with you, they are somewhat confused. They don't know who to believe anymore.
I would like to have more conversation with your team about that.
I think it has to be done at whatever expense necessary.
I appreciate that. But our situation here is, at the end of 2022, the unobligated balance for IHS was $6 billion.
I am glad you heard it directly. I am glad that you were impacted by it.
To me, as an Alaskan, from a State that has extraordinary natural gas reserves, the fact that we would even be uttering these words is almos...
It ought to not be this hard.
I think we recognize that there is so much, so much that has to be done in this area.
I am looking forward to finding further creative funding solutions with you.
They need you to be a warrior for them.
I have expressed some concern, again, about the pace of processing the individual permits.
Coast Guard is critical in Alaska, and so are the maritime trades and maritime transportation.
