Alaska is No. 1 and we don't want to be No. 1. We are in a very, very, very challenged place right now.

I want to talk about transparency, and I want to talk about the need for transparency here in the U.S. Senate more than ever. The House and the Senate are moving with breakneck speed to pass one of the biggest, most reckless spending…

the tragic story of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, whose body was recently found at the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, has captured the attention of our Nation. It is an awful story that is still playing out. We pray for her parents and…

there have been a lot of discussions on the floor today--and I fully support them--about an important, important role of the U.S. Senate that we need to take on with regard to our oversight responsibility of what the entire country has…

I think this issue, though, is really a unifying issue.

It's great that you want to serve our country, so appreciate that.

The request for the extension, as you know, has languished for 10 months prior to any movement from the FRA.

85 percent of the freight coming into Alaska comes through the Port of Anchorage.

In my State, it is estimated that nearly 70 percent of households do not have access to curbside recycling.

I ask it of every single Senate-confirmed person in the U.S. Senate to come up to Alaska, visit Alaska, see our unique state.

I appreciate that, Madam Chair.

We are the Senate odd couple, but we get a lot done.

Any transition to a circular economy that leaves rural America out I think is going to fail.

You don't get everything you want. That is just the nature of getting things done here, right?

I think that is an example of Senator Whitehouse, and all of us really, working together.

This is an important hearing and I wanted the opportunity to ask some questions.

I'm a proud co-sponsor, to help address this problem by creating an Assistant Secretary position within the Department of Commerce.

The Visit America Act, which was introduced by Senator Sullivan in the last session of Congress, would strengthen the Commerce Department's role in coordinating Federal travel policies.