Despite the passage of legislation, including the Hannon Act, we are seeing a rise in suicides.

we really need a significant Federal investment of funding to be able to fully fund these services

This is not an issue of addressing outdated or inadequate infrastructure, it is the lack of any infrastructure whatsoever.

Investing in water infrastructure is investing in the future of our Native peoples.

I appreciate that you, Ranking Member Murkowski, and former Chairman Tom Udall, provided funding for this program in the Appropriations Committee.

I would love to visit with you and other members of the Committee about a field trip in Alaska

I look forward to hearing about what Congress should consider in a potential infrastructure bill.

People say that they are tired of being afraid of our water.

Thirty-two of the 190 rural Alaska communities are still unserved.

Do we have any way to determine whether these price hikes are justified?

How can we know whether or not, when you have reformatted the device for the inhaler, that somehow or another increases the efficacy?

Thank you for this very important hearing.

I would hope that we'd be able to advance provisions like what Senator Baldwin and I are trying to do.

We have moved out early in terms of the vaccination of Alaskans. Right now, it is 18.9 percent that are fully vaccinated.

The economy is still struggling. And the guidance that seems to be coming is not perhaps consistent with what we are seeing on the ground.

But what they are asking for is some kind of guidance in terms of timeline.

Certainty is helpful. We haven't had much certainty with this virus, and it has been challenging.

I want to follow-up with you, and I know we have an opportunity for that later and I will look forward to that.