![Mariam Zuhaib Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, center, with several of his Senate colleagues discuss during a news conference how the Biden administration's upcoming sanctions on America's ability to produce oil and critical minerals weaken America's energy security and embolden enemies on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/babeb851fe094e3ba2921495d56430d1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, center, with several of his Senate colleagues discuss during a news conference how the Biden administration's upcoming sanctions on America's ability to produce oil and critical minerals weaken America's energy security and embolden enemies on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
![David W. Houseknecht This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6631f08f05474f2f9be3be5017e42770/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)
![Mariam Zuhaib Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, left, with several of his Senate colleagues discuss during a news conference how the Biden administration's upcoming sanctions on America's ability to produce oil and critical minerals weaken America's energy security and embolden enemies on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/257f5e5721444464abd83f3ef1e987dc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, left, with several of his Senate colleagues discuss during a news conference how the Biden administration's upcoming sanctions on America's ability to produce oil and critical minerals weaken America's energy security and embolden enemies on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
![Mark Schiefelbein Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/68c9d2929f8948859d7cc8e65fd9f67b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a hearing of the Homeland Security subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
![David W. Houseknecht In this undated photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0f1b1b7604e5492db3d942f2263257d4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
In this undated photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)
![Gene J. Puskar FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the United Steelworkers Headquarters in Pittsburgh, April 17, 2024. Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters April 23, 2024, in Pennsylvania's presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election when the commonwealth is expected to once again to play a critical role in the race for the White House.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/68f68764a4cf4acaab61ac17d4fc2a5c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the United Steelworkers Headquarters in Pittsburgh, April 17, 2024. Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters April 23, 2024, in Pennsylvania's presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election when the commonwealth is expected to once again to play a critical role in the race for the White House.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)