So you don't consider that outreach, do you?

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

Fourteen percent, about 14 percent of households in Indian Country don't have electricity.

Most Native communities in Alaska still are relying on diesel fuel and heating oil.

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.

That is what these consortia are able to do. They are able to build capacity so that these many, many much smaller and much less advantaged tribes, they are the most disadvantaged, they are the ones that need it most, and yet they have the…

Thank you.

But many of them are starting to feel like, is this a false promise? Is this a false promise here?

I have been asked to be the liaison to you to ask whether or not the Department would consider a more reasonable reporting time frame for tribes like we have done under the American Rescue Plan.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

So as you are working to advance this program, please understand that the reason they are allowing consortia in NTIA and through IHS is because this is what works.

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…