Do you think NOAA is prepared, if funding is flat or lack of funding occurs from Congress, to fill that gap?

There's no question lives were saved because of advance notice of the timing and severity of this approaching storm.

I would beg to differ that the court systems are working.

This bill will give communities the tools they have been asking for to bring stability and justice to their homes and villages.

I don't think 60 percent re-offender rate is a system that is working.

The bill, which is broadly supported by the Alaska Native community in my State, provides some of America's remote communities more tools to deal with their enormous challenges.

I disagree with, as you know, as I said yesterday, the Attorney General's discussion about how this has jurisdiction or Indian Country implications.

I rise today to express my strong support for the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. Very simply, it is a bill that will help our returning heroes get good jobs as they transition back into civilian life. The bill is supported by Democrats and…

I want to make it clear this is not a top-down approach.

I hear from Alaska's Tribal leaders every day about the need for more resources to address suicide, substance abuse, and domestic violence.

We would like to thank Senator Begich for introducing this bill, which has the potential of substantially improving the safety of villages throughout Alaska.

You know, the idea is to create these opportunities for communities to resolve and deal with some of these incredible challenges in very remote areas in a State that doesn't have traditional Indian Country.

We have to change the way we do the business in rural Alaska.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I rise to speak also on the Rebuild America Jobs Act. Our Nation's infrastructure is in a state of disrepair. We see it in the potholes in our streets, in the congested highways of public transit that lack the capacity to safely and…

I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate office building to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Ten Years After 9/11: The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a European Affairs subcommittee hearing entitled, ``The European Debt Crisis…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 2, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on International Operations and…

today I am pleased to introduce an amended version of S. 542, the National Guard, Reserve, ``Gray Area'' Retiree, and Surviving Spouse Space-available Travel Equity Act. The original legislation, S. 542, has been modified slightly. The…

I first wish to say I know my colleague from Alaska was on the floor talking. Today is Alaska Day. It was a great day for our country when the final transfer from Russia to the United States resulted in the great State of Alaska, which has…

I come to the floor today to introduce a piece of legislation honoring a great Alaskan. James Martin Fitzgerald was a giant of my State's judicial community for 5 decades--almost as long as Alaska has been a State. This legislation, naming…

the beauty of the technology revolution is that it's built new tools and put them in our toolbox to solve hard problems.

I always like to--on my business card, instead of putting Alaska by Baja or down by Mexico, I put it where it's in proportion to the rest of the country.