I guarantee you if they wanted to make it a priority, they would.

If we are recognizing that ANCSA contaminated lands is an environmental justice issue, we are going to try to encourage the Administration to commit to utilizing environmental justice funds.

We have an obligation to clean up the messes that we create.

We cannot, we cannot continue to say it is somebody else's responsibility.

Thank you all. I appreciate your contributions to the discussions.

we are seeing increased instances of breast cancer amongst Alaska Native women attributed to the PCBs from FUDS

This is the responsibility, this is an obligation of the Federal Government to basically clean up its own mess.

I want to know what the barriers are and if we can take some of those down.

What we need to do is we need to have an actionable plan.

We have an obligation on the Federal side to clean up messes that have been created by our own government.

Do you think that we appropriately or adequately fund the Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program?

I take your point on consultation very seriously.

we are hearing too many of these health-related concerns to not be paying attention to them

But BLM has not more broadly identified cost of remediation throughout the State?

I would hope that if there is any agreement up here, it is with a recognition that when our Native peoples, our indigenous peoples, are provided or given a promise by the Federal Government that the very basic promise will be kept and that…

I think you mentioned a Head Start building here in Unalaska. Walk me through exactly what you are dealing with there.

I think we recognize that when it comes to land conveyances in this State, none of this is easy.

the longer the FUDS are contaminated, the more we see the PCB pollution remain in the food chain