I thought that we were going to be a little more competitive, perhaps, in the Community Wildfire Defense Program Grant.

I think that the Agency has not made this a significant enough priority.

There is a common sense, straightforward solution here to getting communities off diesel power generation.

They need you to be a warrior for them.

I would like to have more conversation with your team about that.

I am looking forward to finding further creative funding solutions with you.

This obviously represents the exact wrong direction for Alaska, certainly the wrong direction for a country.

Madam Secretary, let's begin with the first part of my opening statement, which was reference to the people of King Cove.

What I am trying to drill down though, is whether or not there is legally defined reference definitions.

I have long said that I do not believe that we have to choose between a healthy forest and a healthy economy.

Recently, Senator Murkowski joined Senators Sullivan, Whitehouse, and others in authoring a letter to the Department of the Interior.

It ought to not be this hard.

I am glad you heard it directly. I am glad that you were impacted by it.

A failure to have meaningful oil and gas programs, including in the 1002 area where the Administration is illegally disregarding the law, will reduce domestic investment at the worst possible time for our country and our global allies.

There is a common sense, straightforward solution here to getting communities off diesel power generation.

When I talk to communities in my state, they very much want to take on PFAS, but they are concerned about national regulations, and how they could, potentially, amount to new unfunded mandates.

But all they talked about was the injustice that they felt in having been denied their native allotment.

I am hoping that you are going to be able to provide us a little bit more of a plan.