"I actually think that it is not 'if.' It is not even 'when.' It is happening, right?"
"the Secretary of the Interior could fix this issue with the stroke of a pen."
"No, nobody wants to cut corners, but--on the environment, on protecting the environment--but nobody wants 15 years for a permitting process."
"I actually want to also encourage you to continue your focus on Essential Air Service."
"It's lunacy."
"I think it's an enormous issue, and we always--we just add more."
"I fear that this kind of regulatory redtape--we're always looking for more dollars, but we're not always looking for ways to make our own permitting system more efficient."
"In parts of Alaska, 41 below zero is just another day."
"What do you see as kind of the key top challenges that are inhibiting your ability to do your job better?"
"Are there specific challenges that actually relate to states like South Dakota or Alaska that are very big and yet have highly sparsely populated parts of the state?"
"I think that is a great goal. I think that is something we should all be rallying around."