I expressed my disappointment that there was a DOE loan guarantee for a processing plant in Louisiana.

I will be submitting a question for the record to you, Secretary Owens.

I am very pleased with the Air Force's 2021 decision to base four additional KC-135s at Eielson Air Force Base with the Alaska National Guard.

And again, we have been placing a lot of priority on that. And just want to make sure, again, that we are all leaning in.

We certainly, certainly concur with that.

I don't think that $25 million is adequate to address the decline that we see within the industry there.

But I guess just generally, do you think that we need some hangars up there in order to keep these important aircraft, really, at the ready in the winter?

I am pleased that we are at this point in the Senate calendar when we are talking about legislation on the floor. We have S. 870, which is the Fire Grants and Safety Act. I am a sponsor, a proud cosponsor of this measure. My State of…

Unfortunately, we have learned that these aircraft are perhaps a little sensitive to the tough temperatures there in the interior.

Okay. I want to note that we are going to continue to place a priority on that.

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I will be submitting a question for the record to you, Secretary Owens.

I am very pleased with the Air Force's 2021 decision to base four additional KC-135s at Eielson Air Force Base with the Alaska National Guard and I think it's a great expansion to our Arctic capabilities.

the local hire and the incorporation of local knowledge in land management is super-important for us in Alaska.

We would appreciate that for the record, and just recognize that it is not just pre-warming the aircraft, but it is those individuals that have to then get into that aircraft.

Okay. I want to note that we are going to continue to place a priority on that.

And again, we have been placing a lot of priority on that. And just want to make sure, again, that we are all leaning in.

I don't think that $25 million is adequate to address the decline that we see within the industry there.

we are very focused on the suicide issues that we have seen up north, everything that we can do to help address that.

The Final Environmental Impact Statement addressing Heat and Electrical upgrades at Ft. Wainwright proposes Option 3, which calls for multiple distributed natural gas-fired boilers to provide the base with heat.

So of course, we are very pleased about the four additional KC-135s there, to be staged at Eielson, a great expansion to our capabilities.

the local hire and the incorporation of local knowledge in land management is super-important for us in Alaska.

the local hire and the incorporation of local knowledge in land management is super-important for us in Alaska.

I don't think that $25 million is adequate to address the decline that we see within the industry there.

Okay. I want to note that we are going to continue to place a priority on that.