Haley Stevens: “I am a little disturbed about what is happening in terms of small States--in particular, my State. I brought for Members…”

“I am a little disturbed about what is happening in terms of small States--in particular, my State. I brought for Members to look at a comparison of my State and the whole United States and the delineation of the highways that exist in my State now. Those little gold dots are the villages and communities in my State that are not served by a highway or road yet. We have been a State now for 40 years and what do we find? If you look at the southeastern part, it looks like a panhandle on the right-hand side of this chart. That is the area of the marine highway system. We now are told we can't build any roads through the Forest Service land, and that is all Forest Service land down there except for a few communities and small areas of Native lands. We are not considered a part of the mass transportation system although we haul about 2 million of your constituents per year through that area on our ferries.”