Dan Sullivan

I believe the EPA needs a serious course correction.

I think we’ve gone a little permit nutsy.

It’s a broken system.

We're very much looking forward to having an Executive Branch that wants to help us, not stop us from producing energy.

I believe the Trump administration is going to be the first administration in U.S. history to come into office with trade promotion authority.

I would like to get your commitment to working closely with us on those important issues.

Healthy coastal communities, a well-managed sustainable fishery... is very important.

I think he'll roll back some [regulations].

So you think the narrative that's very pervasive in Washington, D.C., that the new normal is here to stay, this is what we should achieve, this is what we should expect. I think it's a surrender.

We're once again the world's energy superpower, and yet the Obama administration has clearly politicized and delayed the permitting of pipelines.

The irony is, is that pipelines are much more safe than delivering by rail.

I certainly look forward to working with you and the rest of the Trump administration on those kind of permitting reforms.

Our country used to be the envy of the world in terms of building infrastructure projects responsibly on time.

I appreciate your focus on modernizing the transportation system, but I really want to emphasize that it's going to be very difficult to do that without modernizing the Federal Permitting System.

But is that answer not part of the problem that we are showing that we are not going to make it costly for them to come in and steal the files of 22 million Americans, including many intel officers?

Nobody seems to be intimidated by us right now.

But it does not seem to be happening. It does not seem to be happening because the attacks continue.

Thank you and the ranking member for holding this hearing.

I want to thank the President and Secretary Tillerson for the great nomination, and she will do a great job for the country.

I think she is extremely well qualified for this position, given her vast amounts of experience.

The United States needs to be able to walk and chew gum, for lack of a better term.

The U.S. Government is at its strongest when there is cooperation and coordination between the branches of government.

I believe we have to be robust in our response to this intrusion into our democracy.

Interference with our political processes is simply unacceptable. It is a profound threat to our way of life.

We cannot lose sight of the opportunities that are there, both for the sake of promoting human development.