We are well behind in the construction of how are we going to facilitate our icebreaking fleet.

we are debating, last week and this week, the authorization for the use of military force authority that was granted in 2002, which is a really important debate that we are seeing right here on the Senate floor. By the way, it is a…

It was around a lot earlier than that, but I think that was when we started really mapping it.

Well, I really appreciate you saying that, because that is what folks are relying on.

I hope we are able to reconcile that. Let us know if we can be helpful.

GLRI funds have been effectively deployed to protect safe clean drinking water supplies, clean up toxic sites, protect wetlands and shorelines, hold off invasive species from entering the Great Lakes, and safeguard aquatic resources.

It was around a lot earlier than that, but I think that was when we started really mapping it.

It has been observed on roughly 193,500 acres statewide, more than 98 percent of those acres mapped in 2021.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Assistant Secretary, we have had a conversation in other committees as well, about the budget proposal to shift the Office of Subsistence Management, OSM, from Fish and Wildlife to BIA.

I have expressed some concern, again, about the pace of processing the individual permits.

it is inconceivable to me; I mean when you talk about 1.6 million acres of a beetle kill, seems to me that our communities would be eligible for more than one of these Community Grant Programs.

It has been observed on roughly 193,500 acres statewide, more than 98 percent of those acres mapped in 2021.

I had mentioned in my last question there, Chief, the Southeast Alaska Sustainable Strategy, $25 million spent so far and, it is always described as quote, 'An initial investment'.

As you well know we have a public safety issue in the State of Alaska, some have described it as a crisis.

The hope is that we can reach agreement on the contours of the exchange in the coming year.

I appreciate that. But our situation here is, at the end of 2022, the unobligated balance for IHS was $6 billion.

I am very interested in seeing what is possible. And if we can move the dial a little bit on this issue, I am in for it 100 percent.

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