Dan Sullivan

My constituents are enormously frustrated by many, not all, actions of the EPA...

Never before it happened to you.

It is a big, big deal.

This is an unprecedented action and, again, it goes to this issue of the rule of law.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:11 p.m., adjourned until Monday, April 18, 2016, at 3 p.m…

I have the utmost respect for my friend from Massachusetts, but holy cow, if he is celebrating the bankruptcy and job loss of hundreds of Americans, we have something wrong going on here, in my view.

The jobs are being crushed because of political decisions made by this Administration that decided that coal was politically incorrect.

The brick industry is a very good case example of how the proverbial straw will break the camel's back.

The agency has, instead, assumed the role of a prosecutor.

But I mean in terms of financing, should it be grant programs?

I actually, in my State, have the challenge of no infrastructure.

So you think the Federal grant program also has to be part of that option.

As you know, particularly those from the rural communities, that can actually lead to very high levels of disease, third-world disease levels in some of these communities in America--in America.

I think we can build more controls and more process improvements into it so that I can get capability out there that is at the lowest cost to the taxpayer but actually produces things that we really need.

In the eyes of Americans, the terms 'low readiness' and 'the United States Marine Corps' is kind of an oxymoron.

S. 2473, introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican, with two Democrats and one Republican original cosponsors, is an attempt to break any logjam before it reaches crisis proportions.

I think that is music to everybody's ears.

Good. Well, again, we look forward to working with you and the service organizations because I know they have been very, very involved in this as well.

No. It is the bulge, right? I mean, it is a real----

It does not go far enough. I am fine with that, especially if you guys want to be more ambitious.

I will certainly take you up on that offer and look forward to working with all of you.

We can do it twice in one Congress, I am convinced.

It is not a total fix.

It is predicated on concessions the veteran makes in order to expedite the appeal.

Importantly, what we think we should be looking for is that it should be a fast lane not to know but a fast lane to fix our appeals process.