Dan Sullivan

I think that we need to do more to be able to protect the Homeland.

So do you think we need to look at that, not just the caliber issue, but do you think we need to look at the sniper rifle?

When the Army is talking about cost, if it is going to save thousands of lives of frontline troops, then it should not even be debatable.

I think I want to commend Senator Ernst for being the motivator behind this hearing.

Since the end of World War II, the richest and most technologically advanced country in the world has sent its soldiers and marines into combat with inferior small arms. So inferior, in fact, that thousands have died needlessly.

If there are delays, I need to understand why there are delays when the law has been changed to actually get the Corps to move out on this issue.

Great. Section 119 of the WIIN Act amends the law related to the territorial partial cost share waiver to add federally recognized Indian tribes as entities eligible for a limited waiver of local cost sharing for Army Corps studies and…

I would like to get offline with you because there are two specific provisions in the WRDA bill, just signed into law, that are very focused on that and are intended.

We are going to be introducing a bill called the Rebuild America Now Act, which relates directly to this infrastructure streamlining the permitting process.

My view is they should be regular, so they are not newsworthy, and they should be done, as possible, in coordination with our allies.

The problem was the execution, in my view, was weak. It was inconsistent. It undermined credibility.

To the degree that we create uncertainties about our commitments to the region, it only opens the door for the Chinese to do exactly what you described.

We should make that a strategic red line.

So we need to put out red lines.

In Anchorage, 28 percent of homeless youth were victims of human trafficking, which was a shocking number for our community.

This Committee actually gets a lot done. If you look at the last Congress, I think we were really producing a lot of legislation, a lot of bipartisan legislation.

If we can improve that, we make a lot of progress.

Fifteen years to get the permits to build a new runway.

An infrastructure initiative without corresponding permitting reform at the Federal level in many ways is going to be a lot of money wasted.

The one-size-fits-all approach on policy emanating from Washington almost never works in certain states.

We look forward to working with you and the Department of Transportation.

There is strong bipartisan support for that program.

It is an essential service for many states.

I think you have a very strong background for this position.

Well, I think that would be something that would be very fair.