Dan Sullivan

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

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

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

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

I appreciate that, Madam Chair.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

I have raised it with the OMB Director; I have raised it with the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works for the Army Corps.

A 2 year, maybe a 3 year period as a goal for permitting, not 9, is really important.

So do I. Good idea. It shouldn't be controversial. President Biden got rid of that EPO.

It took 20 years to permit a gold mine in my State, the great State of Alaska.

Unfortunately, our country, relative to other industrialized democracies on almost every measure, ranks last.

I find this very, very troubling and yet some of our biggest finance executives seem to be completely fine with it.

Those companies and countries were very closely tracking what was going on with our legislation and the CHIPS Act.

The more the Chinese Communist Party opens its mouth, the more I think our European allies are recognizing what the reality is.

I don't think that is a good idea, forcefully or not, but how do we think about that when we think about selective decoupling as well?

Asymmetric advantage the Chinese have over us is that we have an entire finance class... very comfortable investing in not just China.

Look, I am a huge believer in what the Corps does. Their mission is to build things. A lot of what they do is transportation.

There is a far left element of the Biden administration that thinks we can get rid of fossil fuels. We can't.

I know that in the Boston area, they import a lot of LNG from Russia. Very bad policy, by the way, the State of Massachusetts.