Dan Sullivan

When you disallow investment in Alaska, the place with the highest standards on the environment in the world, you do not end up protecting the global environment.

The ice pads and roads literally melt and have zero impact on the tundra.

Responsibly developing the 1002 Area is truly a win-win-win for our country: it will create jobs, it will help grow the economy, increase energy security for Americans and, very importantly, it will help protect the global environment and…

Now many in this room have claimed to be protectors of Alaska's environment. But with all due respect to my colleagues here today, there are three people in Congress who care more about Alaska's environment than anyone else in the entire…

The tribes have a seat on this three-person committee, and we will be an equal partner in bringing good science and sound policy analysis to the table.

We will also be introducing legislation. We want to work with the IWC, but it would be a backstop domestically to enable these important, sustainable, subsistence hunts to continue.

This committee is going to follow that very closely. We understand the concerns, the trepidation in some ways it brings to thousands of Alaskans.

I am glad to hear that. As you know, this Committee has oversight responsibilities with regard to NOAA, so if the cooperation is not going well, you should please inform us, and we will make sure that that changes.

Do you think that the IWC and the Whaling Convention Act are working well as it relates to your work and subsistence opportunities for Alaskan Natives?

I want to thank you, Senator Peters, for your cooperation and the good work that we have been doing together here.

Alaska is the superpower of seafood. Almost 60 percent of all seafood harvested in the United States comes from the waters of Alaska.

The diversity of cultures, the diversity of interests, and the diversity of states that really strengthens the United States.

Ensuring that Congress supports the need for proper data, supported by reputable and consistent science, is critical to maintaining a sustainable, yet profitable, national fishery.

I look forward to a robust discussion today. And I thank my friends across the aisle for coordinating with us--Senator Peters and his team, in particular--on this important hearing.

I think the Trump administration is doing a great job--the CEQ, the President's Executive Order--in a whole host of areas to not cut corners but to actually bring some common sense to our permitting.

My view is if we undertake major infrastructure without regard to permitting reform, we are just wasting money.

These kinds of crimes against humanity just need to be brought to an end.

The U.N. is an effective--but there needs to be an enforcement mechanism within the U.N.

How many more times do we want to tolerate this? There has got to be a better way.

It was very welcome that the Trump administration, after about 3 weeks, came out with a call for the U.N. Security Council to take swift action.

Tomorrow, the U.N. Secretary General will be addressing the U.N. Security Council for the first time in open debate.

The popular opinion is very much against the Rohingya and it is a very dangerous kind of thing to speak out

Ethnic cleansing doesn't have a clear, legal definition, but by any kind of standards... it is a textbook case of ethnic cleansing.

It is just an immense challenge just to record who is coming in.

It is just patently different from pretty much anything I have ever seen.