I think the rule should have been in a CRA. It would not have been easier to rewrite it.

I certainly appreciate and support that Alaska is different and Alaska has strategic, economic, and cultural value.

We think that is an opportunity. We are looking at public-private partnerships as part of it.

The move was not unprecedented.

We think the process will be about 2 and a half to 3 years, which will be less than the 5 years.

I hope we can work together to create income streams that we can rest against some of our more priority projects which include infrastructure and making sure we honor our treaty obligations.

I look forward to working with you on it.

The budget represents a balanced budget. It is a starting point, but it is a reflection of a balanced budget.

I look at it as a holding on public land and it is better to provide incentives either to inject, to move, to store, rather than just to flare.

I think being energy independent and, in some cases, energy dominant is in our best interest of the country.

this minimum wage and overtime rule is literally driving small mom and pop businesses out of business, because they cannot do it.

I recently introduced a bill with Will Hurd from Texas to address that maintenance backlog.