I am asking if you can assure you that NMFS will be providing that funding for the installation of currently available electronic monitoring systems on our small boats within Alaska.

I can tell you that just in the past 2 weeks, I have probably had no fewer than half a dozen different entities coming to me saying we have to make better progress on our charting.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Secretary, welcome. We have had many opportunities to talk, and I think I always talk about fish.

I need to make sure that we have providers that we can recruit and we can retain.

To Senator Feinstein's point, when she talks about an inventory, I think we have established that at least in Alaska.

I have been a long proponent of making sure that we have infrastructure in the Arctic as we see developments taking place up north.

I do have personal vested interest. My son actually is a critical care flight nurse and does medevac flights.

Obviously exports of LNG (liquefied natural gas) are a big deal for me both because of the Alaska LNG project and because of the energy bill that we are working on that would expedite these approvals.

Quite frankly, I think there needs to be something more formal to allow the States and tribes and other stakeholders a more predictable and impactful seat at the table.

I had asked about the Section 107 Small Navigation Program last year.

I have a large delegation of Alaskan Native leaders that are in Washington, DC, this week.

I am very concerned about that.

I appreciate that. I am going to utilize a little bit of executive authority and call a recess for the committee until other members get back so that I do not miss this important vote.

We have a responsibility to those subsistence hunters and fishers up there who are worried about the contamination.

I do not support a road through the refuge because of the extraordinary damage we believe...

I would appreciate that. I think the people of King Cove would appreciate that, so I will look forward to that.

You need to understand how significant an issue this has become in the State of Alaska.

frequently has now turned into almost a decade.

These are controversial because they call into question State management authority over fish and game...

We are all busy, and I apologize. We are all kind of jumping up and down like jack-in-the-boxes here to go vote because this is so important.

We have a way to go on this. I remain concerned that, as we look at our priorities, mapping, both terrestrial mapping and mapping our waters, is something where we are woefully behind.

I think what you established there is a precedent that basically says, if you want to operate within this area, you are going to pay, not mitigation--it is not being viewed as mitigation by those who are looking--a penalty.

It is a violation of what has been set out not only within ANILCA but within the United States Constitution.

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