"They don't want to give environmental justice or equity to indigenous people in Alaska, the Native people."
"In my State, they don't give a darn about the people who really need infrastructure."
"We need your help on it."
"It is remarkable how people get away with it. They partner with the radical enviros and shut down the ability to build infrastructure."
"Over 82 percent of the communities I represent don't have roads connecting them at all."
"Can I just get your commitment, if confirmed, that you will implement the policies and funding priorities that we put into law?"
"We are what I like to say a resource rich but infrastructure poor State."
"Allowing our service members to veto the needs of the service because they disagree with State or local laws could lead to a sorting of the military along ideological lines that would devastate readin..."
"Almost half the Federal permits issued by the Biden Administration go to one State."
"If other countries had the profile that we do, don't you think the global emissions problem would make significant?"
"This Administration likes to talk a lot about environmental justice, environmental equity, but when it comes to Alaska Natives, they don't count."