I do appreciate your commitment to increasing funding for FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.

I look forward to working with you, again offline, on changes we can make to the FMAG program.

Can you commit to having FEMA work with my team and see how we can build flexibility for State officials?

How can we ensure that funding reaches all communities and not just the largest communities?

Congress should really look at this situation, these State laws, and consider excluding tribal colleges and tribal lands from any State laws that prohibit public or government-owned networks.

Thank you, a great start to the conversation already.

It is the same thing I hear in my State, in our rural communities and our tribal communities as well.

Wonderful. That is great to hear. Thank you very much.

I also want to thank Vice Chair Senator Murkowski for allowing me to speak today.

We have heard similarly from Senator Murkowski as well.

Would the Department agree with this assessment from the tribes and would it support the ability to waive this requirement?

This program is life changing for so many Tribal communities.

There is really over $42 billion going to States to help this connectivity.

I am so glad to hear that.

It is the same thing I hear from the tribes in Nevada as well. That is good news.

We must ensure that the resources provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act reach our Native communities.

My biggest concern is to make sure that, at a Federal level, there is cooperation with Federal agencies.

I introduced the bipartisan Cyber Ready Workforce Act with Senator Blackburn.