I grew up in a part of the state where if you needed to go to the dentist, you got in an airplane or you got on a ferry.

One of the things that we see is a great disparity. I'm talking about rural, but so many of our rural communities are predominantly Alaska native.

I grew up in a part of the state where if you needed to go to the dentist, you got in an airplane or you got on a ferry.

The dental health aid therapist program, the DHAT program, is something that we put in place in Alaska.

I am a little bit concerned going into the 2025 process and beyond that we are going to appropriately prioritize these in the budget process.

There is about a $1.5 billion in deferred maintenance issue for over 200 bulk fuel farms throughout rural Alaska.

We need some help with your teams to identify how we can address a problem.

We have got to figure out what the funding plan is going to be for a port like Nome given the national security imperative.

Well, let us keep--again, we have got to have open lines of communication here, and we can't have everybody holding their breath waiting for the next funding cycle, hoping that we are going to get enough for that next phase.

In so many of our small, rural communities, their power is diesel generation. We want to get them off it.

We have got to figure out what the funding plan is going to be for a port like Nome given the national security imperative.

We need some help with your teams to identify how we can address a problem.

There is about a $1.5 billion in deferred maintenance issue for over 200 bulk fuel farms throughout rural Alaska.

In so many of our small, rural communities, their power is diesel generation. We want to get them off it.

We have seen investment really lacking. And I think both of you would agree with that.

Well, let us keep--again, we have got to have open lines of communication here, and we can't have everybody holding their breath waiting for the next funding cycle, hoping that we are going to get enough for that next phase.

We have seen investment really lacking. And I think both of you would agree with that.

I am a little bit concerned going into the 2025 process and beyond that we are going to appropriately prioritize these in the budget process.