Dan Sullivan

Much of which came out of that hearing is now in our Save Our Seas Act, the SOS Act, which I am happy to report we think is going to be hot-lined and passed today, we hope, in the Senate.

This is an important step forward, actionable step to impact curbing this man-made plight on our oceans that we all agree is a big problem.

This is a fiercely bipartisan issue.

This is important for the Country, for the world, for Rhode Island, for New Jersey. It is certainly important for my State, Alaska, which has more coastline than the rest of the lower 48 States combined.

We want to make sure that that approach is also sustainable and non-harmful to the wild stocks, which are so important in my state.

This was a really informative hearing.

As this Committee works the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, trying to address some of your concerns, we certainly want to try and work with you on that.

The Chinese are perhaps the largest state sponsor of illegal over-fishing, something that Ranking Member Nelson just touched on.

There's a whole new section on trade agreement. Now the U.S. Trade Representative has to go after the illegal trade subsidies of our trade partners.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity.

There's evidence that the warming sea surface temperatures are pushing at least some fish stocks from tropical areas toward the poles.

I appreciate Senator Whitehouse withdrawing his amendment, but also for his dogged determination to get members of the executive branch to do what they said they were going to do.

If they told us they were going to file a recusal statement, and they haven't done it, then I think it is good oversight on his part to get them to do that.

It's a Communist state. I was in China several months ago and I asked them to stop sending fentanyl that's killing our citizens.

This morning in the Commerce Committee, the Committee passed with strong bipartisan support a bill of mine and co-sponsored by Senator Whitehouse from Rhode Island that would set up a domestic process through which the Secretary of…

We need to do some research around there.

I hope he gets up to Alaska to fish, as well.

This is a important issue. Hopefully, you're seeing there's a lot of bipartisan interest, not just on gaining knowledge, but on the actions we need to take as a Senate.

Well, as Senator Peters knows, we're working hard on that in the Coast Guard bill, so I think we're getting close to a compromise on a good bill that reflects that issue.

It's an honor to have been asked to testify on behalf of those who cherish our public waters as much as I do.

This is an all-of-us problem.

Each of you will have 5 minutes to deliver an oral argument, or an oral statement.

I have long supported HAB and hypoxia research so that we can better understand these events and better prepare to respond to them.

Hopefully, as I mentioned earlier, you're seeing a bipartisan consensus on the need to fully understand this much better, but also to take action.

Stability, predictability... is critical or you're not going to get people or companies to participate.