Lisa Murkowski

I know that Senator Shaheen spoke with you about H2Bs.

I happen to believe very strongly in Admiral Fagan's comments that this is an extraordinary return for American people.

Alaska is also a border state, a northern border state with extensive border

Let's visit on that because I'd also like to talk to you about the potential for the Ukrainian people that have come to Alaska, many of whom have had prior experience within the seafood industry and are looking for those opportunities, but…

Well, know that we're paying close attention to Coast Guard.

Know that again what we want to do is get to a long-term solution to that program.

We are lagging and a commercially available icebreaker is just going to be a gap-filler.

It's kind of embarrassing to think that a country like India is going to have an icebreaker in the water before we would.

Alaska is really the first line of defense for our nation up there.

I understand the Navy is collaborating with the Coast Guard in designing the Polar Security Cutters.

We are well behind in the construction of how are we going to facilitate our icebreaking fleet.

I am all eyes on the Arctic all the time.

I understand the Navy is collaborating with the Coast Guard in designing the Polar Security Cutters.

We are well behind in the construction of how are we going to facilitate our icebreaking fleet.

I am all eyes on the Arctic all the time.

Just having a strategy is nothing if we do not resource it.

If we can resolve some of these things quickly to allow for these applications to be submitted, and again, to take advantage of this, that is where we are going to make a difference.

I would encourage you to do that.

I would ask that our teams sit down and talk about this, because as we are talking about it, you have a deadline that is coming up with opportunities for grant funding that is going to make a difference to tribes.

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

Thank you for the time.

Speaking about refining the procedures, of course you are familiar with the, in Alaska, the tribal consortia, and how they really are able to harness economies of scale.

We should be working together to try to figure out how we can solve some of these problems...

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.