I would encourage you to look at that aspect of what access means as well.

I certainly believe that.

I have suggested that that is not a trajectory that I want to go down.

It is the largest single tract of federal land in the entire country. Its primary purpose is to satisfy the energy needs of the United States.

I want a commitment from you that these allotments are not going to continue to be delayed.

This is a project that has been under review for multiple administrations, beginning within the Obama Administration.

This is a concern and a consideration that, again, is extraordinarily concerning.

the Native people, who live and work and raise their families in this region, feel that they have not had an opportunity to be heard on this.

What has happened with this, basically, this re-look at these PLOs is absolutely egregious.

The Willow pause has been in place now for 100 days.

before I begin my comments, I ask unanimous consent that Cristina Nelson, my Coast Guard fellow, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of her fellowship. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I have legislation that I have introduced with Senator Whitehouse, the Blue Carbon for Our Planet Act.

the growing climate solutions legislation that is being introduced today.

I came to the floor today to talk about something that has been top of my mind for a period of time, and I wanted to bring it to Members' attention today because of some recent articles of late as it relates to national security and global…

I didn't come to the floor to speak to the nominee who is before us this afternoon, but following the very impassioned comments by my colleagues, in fairness, on both sides of the aisle and recognizing the vote that I just took about an…

Broadband is one of those tools that if we don't have it, we're not a participant in the broader market out there.

It's not just about access, it's then affordability.

We are looking to develop a more fulsome proposal for our Alaska marine highway system.

There's no crumbling infrastructure because we haven't built it yet.

I continue the reading of the letter from Birmingham jail: You may well ask: ``Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?'' You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the…

The biggest thing we need to do to combat the variants is increase vaccination.

We must ensure that our tribal nations have the resources they need to combat this virus.

We certainly have much more that we need to do there.

This lack of basic resources, what most of us take for granted, but this, we certainly believe, helped produce or certainly added to the cause of more than 13,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives who tested positive for coronavirus in…

We got a lot of fish, but we don't have a lot of workers, and so we have been challenged year over year as it relates to gaining adequate workers.