Can you for the record do two responses on that?

Can you tell me, you know--and I will be very Alaska-centric here for a second in regards to the Arctic and the Arctic development--

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Alaska's veterans need additional mental health services.

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Rural veterans are a major concern in my state and across the country.

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My gut tells me it's not worth the money; we should put that into what we know.

Because I really, I think that's, for us it's important to see that.

We have zero capability to respond in the Arctic right now. And we've got to do better than that.

Does that make sense? It's kind of like what we're doing on the military side, it's always the international BRAC, the domestic BRAC, we're always, kind of, turning.

And now what's happening, the House Republicans are trying to compound the problem by giving the Coast Guard even fewer resources.

If feel uncomfortable answering, just tell me.

Because some of these things are so darn old that, you know, you're going to be floating one day, and it's not going to be powered by anything other than, hopefully, a sail, you know.

I want to let you know, in the state legislature in Alaska, they've allocated I think just shy of $2 million.

the best thing is to decommission POLAR SEA, and devote all our resources into POLAR STAR

the opportunity up there, is unbelievable from the oil and gas, to mineral, the fishing, transportation components

What keeps me awake at night--an oil spill, a collision. A ship sinking in the Arctic keeps me awake at night.

Would a multi-year authorization on capitalization be helpful to get these longer-term kind of agreements?

I think the High Latitude Study will show a need for a range of icebreakers.

I think minimum is the right word--at least two operational, large-scale icebreakers, at minimum.

But, just in case, I'll just echo it again.