Lisa Murkowski actually said...

So as you are working to advance this program, please understand that the reason they are allowing consortia in NTIA and through IHS is beca...

I have found in some agencies... an unwillingness to speak the language of the tribes.

There shouldn't be any ambiguity to it. To us, that is legislative intent, and it is specified, so it should be easy.

In Alaska, again, with small tribes, it is complicated, but most utilities are also small and simply can't afford the match.