Well, critical and time is important. So I appreciate that.

It was extraordinary to me to see the level of interest from Alaskans all over the state, who flew into Anchorage to hear just exactly what the details are on some of these grants.

Well, I am glad that you have raised that. I can't tell you the number of people who have said to me, you know, I am driving down the highway to go down to the Kenai, and it is just all this dead standing stuff, and there must be some use…

This would include a portion of the Iditarod, but it would effectively go from Tidewater all the way up to Fairbanks.

It seems to me that revoking Title 42 is going to be creating more problems than it will resolve.

I'm just asking if you can commit to overseeing that timeline to ensure that we're not going to have this significant gap between now and 2027.

So if you have outlined your strategy, and you know where you are going, have you identified any barriers that you are looking at...

We need to be working together in that vein.

the infrastructure is fine, but if it costs you $300 a month, then it is of no use to you.

You remind me, and there were some people on this Committee, some of the staff on the Committee, that had an opportunity to go out to the Committee hearing that we held out in Savoonga a couple of years ago.

I think we both know that they are not enough to restore forest to a more resilient state.

I spent a lot of time last year working to advance this to make sure that we were able to get it over the finish line.

The first theme is optimism about the unprecedented level of funding. But the second theme is concern about missing out on this once in a generation opportunity.

We welcome them, but these airmen and their families need housing and one of the difficulties that we have encountered has been with the VA loan appraisal process.

That Roadless Rule exemption finalized in 2020 should stand, but instead, we see an administration that is rolling it back.

cut through that red tape.

There was an additional $2 billion to the Tribal Broadband Program in the Bipartisan Bill, but that grant funding is still oversubscribed.

That will be a huge relief to the veterans in my state.