I feel it is important to always underscore that we never take our eye off of North Korea.

I need to know and I'd like your commitment, Admiral, that the Navy as the contract agent for this effort is proactively supporting the Coast Guard and their acquisition of additional icebreakers.

It's going to be incredibly important to our national defense interests.

I think would be a strategic critical error.

We need to keep leaning in and it's going to take all of us.

I know that this is, again, one of those issues that is generating a lot of debate out there.

Count me amongst those that are worried about our shipbuilding capacity and our infrastructure

The United States is an Arctic nation, and of course, this is a strategically important region to us.

Thank you for your leadership.

We are appreciative and grateful. We recognize, so many of us recognize just the role of our Reserve Forces and all that they bring in terms of talent and experience to the fight.

So, the Navy has been very supportive of replicator.

In its 2021 Arctic Strategy 'Regaining Arctic Dominance', the Army asserts that a Multi-Domain Task Force in Alaska is the first step in setting the conditions for success in the Arctic.

So, you think it's a good idea, but we're not quite there yet in terms of making sure that we are implementing to scale?

We talk a lot about the various aircraft, the equipment, but I think we know that as good as that may be if we fail to invest adequately in our soldiers, that is where we fail, that is where we have the vulnerabilities.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Seems to me that if you're a real Marine, by God that's where you want to go train.

I think many of us in this committee, in this Congress are very concerned about where we are with our naval fleet.

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We have made some progress through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in clearing the backlog of water and sanitation projects at IHS.

Statement of Senator Murkowski

We have made some progress through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in clearing the backlog of water and sanitation projects at IHS.

Statement of Senator Murkowski

IHS estimates that one in ten Native Americans lacks access to water or indoor plumbing.

To know that that statistic is still one that so many are living with is really very troubling.