I have been a co-sponsor of Senator Bennet's resolution that clarifies and affirms that the United States' trust responsibility is to ensure water access.

IHS requested $10 million to conduct a nationwide analysis to determine the cost funding for O&M for tribes.

Alaskans living in communities without access to running water are five times more likely to be hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections.

We would encourage you to look at that. Again, I don't think anybody feels like we need to have another study to know that we have a very extensive list when it comes to O&M needs.

We are seeing some improvement, we are starting to see some gains, connecting homes to sewer and water treatment systems in villages like Akiachak and Stebbins.

I know that certainly factors into everything that we are trying to do in Alaska, because of course, everything needs to be flown up, it is either flown up or barged in the case of Alaska or Hawaii.

If we could finish a project in three years, we would be happy. It just doesn't happen when your building season is really like three months long.

Yes, we have been learning a lot, I think just like anybody else who is doing any construction these days, that prices have changed, we are confronting supply challenges just to complete anything or with workforce.

We would encourage you to look at that. Again, I don't think anybody feels like we need to have another study to know that we have a very extensive list when it comes to O&M needs.

IHS requested $10 million to conduct a nationwide analysis to determine the cost funding for O&M for tribes.

Alaskans living in communities without access to running water are five times more likely to be hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections.

In Alaska, roughly 20 percent of Native homes don't have an adequate supply of clean water or a connection to a sewer system.

The federal government has a trust responsibility to protect the water rights of Native peoples.

We can either fund another study or we can make an investment to protect our babies and to keep them in communities, our communities, where we belong.

I want to shift to the issue that you raised, Ms. Davidson.

We are seeing some improvement, we are starting to see some gains, connecting homes to sewer and water treatment systems in villages like Akiachak and Stebbins.

I have been a co-sponsor of Senator Bennet's resolution that clarifies and affirms that the United States' trust responsibility is to ensure water access.

According to the IHS, one in ten Native Americans lacks access to clean water or indoor plumbing.