that and the reform itself of the usf. >> sure. senator, the principle of the universal service is a core principle of communications policy as you know that goes back to the beginning of the communications act that has been reinforced many times by congress, and that is a priority of mine. i would like to see us have as much success in universal services and communications over the next 75 years that we've had over the last 75 years, extending communications infrastructure and the benefit of communications to all americans. and i defer to your knowledge of alaska, of course, but i think historically, there's been successful universal service in alaska eni would like to see it in the future with respect to all the vast country that we have. >> let me -- and i appreciate that, because it's been very successful and useful. tribal lands incorporate tribal lands, different from reservation lands. sometimes we have to continue to point that out because our land claim settlement was much different than the traditional reservation settlem