I want to shift now to broadband.

Which has been a frustration of mine because again we've got to figure it out here and we're all trying to look into that crystal ball to understand where we're going, what is it going to look like, and we've asked for a more reliable…

Yes, it's always about our resourcing, but it's also a matter of prioritization.

I have consistently raised this funding as a priority in our hearings.

So, Mr. Chairman, my time is well over. I may come back to this because I'm trying to determine whether or not there's been any type of a comprehensive analysis of whether or not overpayments are at issue and the extent of that.

So if you're planning on sending this plan up, I don't see how you're giving us the time as whether we are authorizing or whether we are appropriating to consider this in a way that is viewed as a serious proposal.

So in theory, if there's not a discretionary proposal for the Interior bill this year, there's $6.6 billion that is currently unaccounted for.

Including whether or not overpayments have been made?

I believe that IHS has been chronically underfunded and we need to make improvements.

So, I mean, this has been the challenge, is the ability to understand and predict what we can anticipate year over year.

But since the 105(l)s have started being paid, we've seen estimates really kind of all over the board, I think wildly unpredictable, and they have certainly injected some budget uncertainty into the process.

I think there's going to continue to be a need for both the village-built clinics program and the 105(l) lease account.

So there's some buzz out there that this may be a situation where Cook Inlet was just one example.

Delaying infrastructure is not good government. I voted for the Infrastructure Bill; Senator Capito voted for the Infrastructure Bill. This completely undermines the ability build infrastructure.

The Democratic Party used to say they are the party of the working men and women. They are definitely not anymore.

this Administration, the Biden administration has issued 22 Executive Orders or Executive Actions solely targeting Alaska, 22.

Every U.S. Senator said, hey, we should get our critical minerals and technology from America, our allies, and not China and not Russia.

I am firmly of the view when the national Democrats get in power and they have a choice between the working men and women who build things in America, like the Laborers, ... they always side with the radical far left environmental groups.