Jared Griffin
23:47 - 24:40
“I also talked with, yeah, Brittany, too, on that trip about defense communities, and there really seems to be some good positive momentum. It's obviously not going to fix all of our infrastructure that came up during the interviews earlier, but it's certainly going to help. And so, I'm glad that we are like at the tip of the wave, you know, making sure that we're on everybody's mind.”
- Speaker
- Jared Griffin
- Timestamp
- 23:47 – 24:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kodiak Island
- Captured at
- July 17, 2026
From the transcript
With an additional $40 billion for capital projects in Native-serving communities. So, another big pot that we might be able to access if we cultivate this relationship with the Department of Energy. And I also talked with, yeah, Brittany, too, on that trip about defense communities, and there really seems to be some good positive momentum. It's obviously not going to fix all of our infrastructure that came up during the interviews earlier, but it's certainly going to help. And so, I'm glad that we are like at the tip of the wave, you know, making sure that we're on everybody's mind.
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