Dan Sullivan

I can't speculate as to what her motivations are, and I share the disappointment.

It is very clear that something is happening, so it is honestly mind-boggling that she would say that she doesn't have any idea why, why people are leaving in such numbers.

There is no question that crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing are taking place.

It is Congress that dictated Burma policy for 20 years before President Obama moved to end sanctions.

Somebody ought to be meeting right now and not having a discussion about, 'Is this happening,' but have a vote right now tonight, today, on going in there and doing something.

The Attorney General of the United States shall cross-designate, for example, you for Mann Act violations.

In my State of Alaska, some of you may have seen this recent report sponsored by Covenant House that looked at 10 different cities for homeless youth.

It's trying to bring more resources to an enormously big problem in our country.

I'm a cosponsor of the bill, so I'll put my cards on the table here.

I think it's actually critical that we have ships forward deployed.

We cannot--cannot afford to lose any more of our Nation's finest in training accidents.

To be honest, most of those don't relate to combat readiness, most of them don't relate to basic MOS.

We've got to do a better job, all of us--the Navy, the Marines, the Army, the Congress.

But in Nushagak, where I predominantly fished this year, we had foregone harvests...

Flexibility for the rebuilding timeframe as well as flexibility in the development of annual catch limits...

I think that what we need to do is...provide the Councils with more flexibility.

I certainly think that's the intent of the Act, and I certainly support that.

Why would you penalize U.S. fishermen for something that's happening somewhere else?

The main management tool needs to be the MSA, not the other provisions that weren't supposed to manage fisheries

We're going to continue, from this Committee's perspective, to continue to monitor those kind of situations

We obviously value the Alaska wild salmon, it's the best salmon on the planet

I think that's an unfair advantage, and I don't think it would get them or us anywhere.

I think one of the witnesses earlier was talking about using a smartphone to report your landings.

One of the concerns that I share I believe with you and many others in the region are the number of permits issued to non-Alaskans.

What we're asking for is this Subcommittee to have very, very direct and clear intent to be added to the Magnuson-Stevens Act.