Dan Sullivan

So you think having another layer of Federal permitting requirements is going to make it more efficient to get projects done?

We also want to work on your ideas on Federal lands because to me that's where we clearly have a jurisdictional role.

We need to start holding contests for communities and tell them, 'There's a reward in it for you if you figure out a way to expedite wireless deployment.'

I was actually out on Alaska Dutch Harbor, this is out in the Aleutian chain.

I want to thank all of you on the work that you and your staffs did on the Alaska Plan.

There seems to be a very different standard, depending on the community.

The delivery of care in rural communities--extreme rural communities.

I want to thank Senator Manchin for his passion on this issue with regard to opiates.

I want to thank the panel and all the great work that you have done and everybody who contributed to the report.

I commend you again on your map.

In my State----we do not have roads, unfortunately.

Remember, most rural places in America you can get in a car and you can drive to.

Some said, well, they had the opportunity to just go to a local Native Alaskan health clinic, if you were a Native Alaskan.

It is very humbling because you will go to a small rural village in Alaska and you ask for a town hall with veterans, and there will be, you know, 10 or 15 Vietnam vets, combat vets, who come out to these meetings--great Americans.

I want to commend you for it.

As you can see, there is bipartisan support for this measure. I ask that all my colleagues support it now. I yield the floor.

What are we doing to make sure to try to recruit younger Americans to, you know, be on the right side of the issue?

Can you see it? Can you sympathize with the small business person who fought that, thought it was illegal, and then the Supreme Court came out and said it was illegal, and then the head of the EPA says, hey, too bad, it was illegal, but…

Then why has that not happened and people have gone to jail for doing something less than you did?

No, actually, she wasn't. I mean, I am fine with her saying that she thinks they are going to win; she has good lawyers. That is fine. That is actually a strong statement from the EPA Administrator.

Why has nobody in the EPA been held liable, been criminally charged?

I think it is not just us, but it is frequent court cases.

That is really, even if we lose, we win. Like there is no way to lose.

I find that statement to be remarkable because, in my view, it ignores the rule of law.

I am someone who is a strong Second Amendment supporter. I believe in an armed citizenry, but I don't believe in an armed bureaucracy.