I rise today to introduce legislation to clear the title to three small parcels of land owned by the Municipality of Anchorage, in Alaska, my home State, so that the land can be put to more productive uses in the future. At different times…

Thank you again for your support.

I think we recognize that we can have great curriculum, we can have great technology, but, ultimately, it comes down to great teachers.

making sure that that opportunity for grant funding remains solid, remains viable, and really rooted to its initial purpose.

And we want to do exactly that with you, and I think we all recognize that we're dealing with tough budgets.

Thank you for holding this hearing on a subject of vital concern to the Native community.

But how quick did it take us to get to the iPhone 5? I don't have one. But just think about how the generations move so quickly, but it all takes money, just about money.

We are putting together what we're calling the Alaska Education Library.

It's called collaboration.

What are we going to do about small sites? The answer was distance delivery.

let's not be limited by the problems that we had yesterday or last year. Let's figure out how we advance and move forward.

I think Rosita said the essence of being Native is not being taught in the schools, and that's critical.

The broadband and latency are still crippling and become more so the more robust the technology becomes.

We clearly need more of it. We need it at different levels. We need it in different areas.

the events of this past week are a very clear and direct reminder to us of the need to choose to end our Nation's dependence on imported oil. I will remind my colleagues this is our choice. It is within our power to free ourselves from…

We cannot, we simply cannot afford to do that. It really abrogates the contracts, the terms of the deal that we have a responsibility to respect.

I am concerned that as we deal with the fiscal issues, we need to understand what it will mean in certain areas.

I think we also need to recognize that we have got to be working a little bit creatively here.

in August I submitted a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Government should continue to support democracy and human rights in Taiwan following the January 2012 Presidential and legislative elections. The…

not only do we have half the Tribes in the Country in Alaska, we are a State that is one-fifth the size of the United States of America.

your Chairmanship, sir, has been greatly appreciated. I appreciate your leadership not only on the Committee but on so many different issues.

I have great concerns about what that would do to us, but probably less discussion about what is happening on the discretionary side of the budget.

I appreciate that, Mr. Katz. I appreciate you working with my staff on this to just better understand what we're dealing with.

Do I understand correctly, though, that currently you have begun to ask for that information?

Why is this so difficult? Why is it so hard to identify this?