This is something that a lot of people know about the historic Iditarod Trail, but what we would like to do is understand the feasibility of whether we could add this Alaska Long Trail to the list of national scenic trails.

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.

the Forest Service is just hell bent on killing what is left of a very small timber industry, starving them of timber supply.

I'm just asking if you can commit to overseeing that timeline to ensure that we're not going to have this significant gap between now and 2027.

It seems to me that revoking Title 42 is going to be creating more problems than it will resolve.

cut through that red tape.

This would include a portion of the Iditarod, but it would effectively go from Tidewater all the way up to Fairbanks.

Well, I am glad that you have raised that. I can't tell you the number of people who have said to me, you know, I am driving down the highway to go down to the Kenai, and it is just all this dead standing stuff, and there must be some use…

We need to be doing more in the broadband space, and we need to make sure that we have these tribal set-asides.

Well, critical and time is important. So I appreciate that.

I think we all recognize that pre-commercial thinning is useful, it is necessary for healthy forests, and as well as for the wildlife habitat.

I'm just curious as to whether or not there was a reason that it didn't make it into the final budget.

Let us create some value out of what is a dead commodity that will just eventually topple, and be nothing more than fodder for fires coming through.

You confirmed to him that in fact the Administration has now decided to take an approach on mandatory as opposed to the advanced appropriation.

I appreciate the openness that you and your team have shown so far in engaging on this issue.

the secretary told us, he told the people of Southeast Alaska that it would ensure that a viable timber industry would continue to exist.

But there, when you think about our ability to be creative, let us create some value out of what is a dead commodity that will just eventually topple, and be nothing more than fodder for fires coming through.

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.

We have got to start making meaningful impact on PFAS contamination while we wait for Federal standards.

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

I strongly support it, but that can occur even as Access Project continues.

There's no need to reinvent wheels here.

I appreciate what you have done so far

I don't think they are too plain and direct at all.

I would like to do that. I had hoped that you might have an answer for us.