Lisa Murkowski

I think it goes without saying, but we certainly need funding to conduct the hazardous fuels reduction.

I appreciate your willingness to work with me on areas that we do have agreement.

I think the President needs to focus on places like Alaska, not Saudi Arabia, not Venezuela, not Iran.

I can't stress enough the need for the Department to move forward with final approval for the Willow Project.

I share the Chairman's desire, and concern, and knowing what we can anticipate with regards to the guidance.

I am not sure where the issue is in getting these resources directed out to the states.

We have an obligation to these Alaska Native Veterans to ensure their allotment applications are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

80 percent of the natural gas that comes to the most populated portion of the state, comes out of that Cook Inlet.

I need you to commit to me to have BLM review the remediation and plugging standards that are used by the State of Alaska to see what improvements can be made to BLM's own standards.

What we need here is a strategic focus to reduce our dependence on China and Russia.

We cannot afford for it to take 10 years to permit a mine on public land.

We can choose to look to others to meet that demand and make ourselves more vulnerable, more reliant on others.

Well, if there is a new proposed rule, we want to make sure that there is going to be plenty of opportunity for public review and comment on that.

I was pleased to see that a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research Grant was provided to an Alaska constituent who has a pretty innovative way of recycling plastic ocean waste.

I commend the request, though, for maintaining strong support for state, and tribal grant, and loan programs.

I believe that the new WOTUS Rule proposed last year is too broad, and it fails to recognize the special characteristics on the ground in Alaska.

It is just an imperative that we continue to work together to ensure that Alaska receives the intended benefits from these investments that we have just talked about.

We've seen estimates that are shifting anywhere from $10 million to $50 million in a matter of months.

It's always about our resourcing, but it's also a matter of prioritization.

So oversight again absolutely key to everything that we do around here.

We need to resource it, we just can't talk about it, we have been talking about it for too long, and the result has been the same, which is, nothing.

I am also pleased to note that the request prioritizes funding for efforts to better understand and tackle PFAS.

A large percentage of these contaminated lands, as you know, have not yet been cleaned up, and the Federal government, for too long, has not shown any real willingness or interest to accept the responsibility that is theirs.

I have always prioritized funding for EPA programs that really do focus on getting tangible results in providing cleaner air, cleaner water, and support for our lands across the country.

As one of the negotiators for that Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, I am very proud of what we were able to include with over $60 billion in needed investments to our aging infrastructure through EPA programs.