both my parents grew up in ketchichan and that's where i was born and moved around in southeast alaska and became grew up and lived in anchorage and i've got good roots from the state. >> host: what's this difference between gnome and ketchichan? >> guest: probably a couple thousand miles. in terms of similarities you are both off the grid so to speak. ketchkhan is an island and gnome is up mainland but it may as well be an island in terms of its isolation. they are both communities that i think the pioneers look to as a place of opportunity. gnome for the gold rush and ketchikan was about the fisheries that drew not only people from the lower 48 but a strong filipino contingency and so, both pioneering towns in their own right that way. both are beautiful communities to the state, i love them. >> host: what does your chairmanship of the energy and natural resources committee bring to alaska? >> guest: i think it allows alaska to be in that national spotlight when it comes to our energy resources. we are a resource rich state. i will have 720,000 odd folks but we have more natural reso