I wish to thank the majority leader for his kind words and all my other colleagues who came to witness a new Senator's maiden speech. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Indiana.
Dan Sullivan
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Daniel Scott Sullivan is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Alaska, a position he has held since January 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Sullivan has focused on issues such as national security, economic development, and energy policy during his tenure in the Senate. He has also been involved in various committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
They call it the 'new normal' here in Washington, which I think is a very dangerous comment.
How much better would our national security be if we were able to bust out of this 1.5 percent growth?
I think there's broad agreement that seems, certainly among the three of you, I think among all the panelists here, on the importance of a comprehensive strategy that integrates all elements of American power.
What has enabled China's tremendous military buildup? It has been a booming Chinese economy.
It is actually in the agreement that any type of reimposition of sanctions allows Iran to walk away from the deal.
I just think they do not like hydrocarbons. They do not like talking about exporting LNG and oil.
The organic focus on the NPR-A, just think about the title, the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska, was focused on oil and gas security for the country.
we think that the latest assessment that USGS did, and we worked very closely, my agency in particular, very closely with USGS.
We believe it is important that they do their part in promoting the American energy renaissance in Alaska.
Why would you not want to know what the resource potential is in the 1002 Area, when your mission is to manage that land?
one of the things that we are most concerned about is in the integrated plan, how that essentially took half of the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska... off the table for leasing.
the notion that all the sudden the State and the Borough have to pay for that, which is really the essence of the budget proposal, is why, Mayor Brower mentioned why that is such an offensive issue to us.
Alaska's access--indeed, America's access--to Federal lands in Alaska has been significantly restricted.
The Department of the Interior withdrew almost half, 11 million acres, of NPR lands from oil and gas leasing.
you can responsibly develop the resources in an Arctic environment and protect the environment.
Mr. Chairman, I can get back to you on that, because it is A, B, C, and D, and I am not recalling exactly which one it is.
This is a reasonable proposal based on Alaska's high standards for responsible resource development and environmental protection.
we don't consider ourselves just another stakeholder in the process. We are the other sovereign in the process.





