the -- the city administrator of atka -- atka is all the way back at the end.he end of the islands. the city administrator of atka, julie dirks, sent a letter to the alaska delegation explaining how the loss of e.a.s. subsidies would negatively affect the they of atka. and in the letter she writes, the loss of this program would be devastating to remote rural communities. atka is not on a road system connecting the communities to other place nor is there any type of marine ferry service connecting atka to other islands or the mainland. you can't get there by boat. air transportation, she writes, presently is the only meth add are available -- vet method available. costs of service are already high. without the subsidy service, it would be too expensive or even nonexistent. mr. president, i have the letter from the city administrator that i would like to have submitted as part of the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: so i mentioned, we've got 44 communities in the state of alaska that receive an e.a.s. subsidy. 38 of those communit