Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
Why would you penalize U.S. fishermen for something that's happening somewhere else?
Said by
Dan Sullivan
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the fairness of penalizing U.S. fishermen for external factors affecting fisheries.

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