Dan Sullivan

To me when the leader of an agency comes to a State and makes those kinds of statements to a national newspaper, it doesn't show that you are focused on serving the people you are required to serve.

There are a lot of people who disagree with that. We would like to see your legal opinion that gives you the authority to propose this rule.

That is the big issue right now. You said you didn't do that in your clean air issue and, a lot of States sued.

I think one of the things they are most concerned about is two interrelated themes that most Alaskans, I would say the vast majority, is concerned about.

I do not think anyone wants to jeopardize the environment, but 8 years to permit a bridge in America--I do not think anyone wants that, Democrats, Republicans.

I would welcome your commitment. We are going to work on legislation, based on some of the things that you are proposing, to make that permitting system more efficient, timely, and certain so we can get Americans back to work.

One of the big failures I think of this administration is when you look at where we are on economic growth

I think it will be a disaster. I am certainly going to fight that reg.

I think that would be a disaster if we start looking at that as the new normal.

Do you think if we removed one or two BCTs from Alaska, do you think that would show that we're committed to a rebalance or undermine our rebalance commitment?

I think we've lacked credibility. When we say something that we're going to do as a country, we need to do it.

I believe we need to make sure this rebalance and optimization of our military forces in the region is credible.

It seems a little backwards in what we are doing, no OPLAN and reducing forces when we should have an OPLAN that actually guides the strategy.

I certainly think that the idea that weakness is provocative applies to him.

I think also the best way to take care of our troops is to train them hard to make sure when and if they go to war, they come back alive.

I think your testimony highlights the growing threat, the ICBM threat, whether it's from North Korea, whether it's from Iran.

The strategic location of Alaska cannot be overstated. Location, location, location.

I think that would give Vladimir Putin a lot of joy.

Things aren't looking great, and I think that you and the members of the military recognize that.

I think there is growing agreement, certainly here, about the importance of defense spending, and how we, certainly, think, I think most Americans think, we face a lot of threats in the world.

I mean, I don't think any of those statements are accurate.

We proudly wear the title of the State that has the most veterans per capita of any State in the country.

There are a couple things going on here that give a sense of frustration from the Members.

I would love to get rid of it in the English language.

We do not want the backlog to be kind of a whack-a-mole issue.