Lisa Murkowski

This is not acceptable. As trustee, the United States should interpret ambiguous provisions in favor of tribes.

Alaska is No. 1 and we don't want to be No. 1. We are in a very, very, very challenged place right now.

You agreed that this was absolutely inappropriate, you would find out what was going on, and you would report back to us.

You are basically pulling everything back to Washington, DC for a political review.

I raised my frustration, and I think you sensed not only frustration but real anger about some of the reports that I had received regarding virtual consultations held by BLM.

This is not just important to me, but it is important to the entire state.

This is probably the singular most important development project in the State of Alaska right now and going forward.

When we had Secretary Haaland before the Committee, she made very clear, I think, to each and every one of us on this Committee that it was going to be her practice to follow the science.

Today, more than 40 U.S. senators, Democrats -- excuse me, 43 Democrats and two -- excuse me, 43 Democrats and three Republicans, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy and Jim Inhofe for the Republicans. These 40-plus senators wrote today to the…

I wanted to just literally pop into the discussion here this morning. There is a great deal going on here in the Capitol. The discussions on the bipartisan infrastructure bill are continuing in a good, productive way, and we are hopeful we…

I have been proud to work on many legislative efforts to protect the vulnerable, whether that is supporting Native children, reducing domestic violence against Native women, or addressing the ongoing epidemic of missing or murdered…

American Indian and Alaska Native children had the highest rates of victimization, 14.8 per 1,000 children.

Thank you, Mr. Grinnell.

S. 1797, again, the Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act will be significant as we look to make renovations, construct or expand health facilities used by UIOs to provide care of urban Indian patients.

We must ensure that we are doing everything we can to support our tribal communities.

I appreciate the fact that at this first legislative hearing that the Committee has held this year that it encompasses these very important topics that we are speaking of today regarding the health and protection of Native children.

S. 1895, the Indian Health Services Sanitation Facilities Construction Enhancement Act--that is too long of a title--introduced by Senator Lujan, with Senator Heinrich, Senator Sinema, is focused on addressing the water and sanitation…

I just want to acknowledge, and again when we think about health disparities, so many of the other contributing factors that are at play.

Thank you for the hearing today and the focus on these disparities. We have some startling statistics in my state, I would say they are alarming.

It`s kind of a big gulp. It sounds to me like their approach to paying for $3.5 trillion packages to increase taxes. And if that`s the case, I don`t think you`re going to have a single Republican.

That's kind of a big gulp.

I appreciate that the Department is increasing its request for suicide prevention initiatives to $598 million dollars.

I am worried that this may happen at the VA, where we continually appropriate money at the problem but don't see improvement in the situation.

I believe that it indicates that you are making a serious commitment to provide support to our nations veterans who are facing desperate situations.

The current Posture Review would have you looking at your resources available and drive your decisionmaking on re-aligning headquarters and forces in Alaska