Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to reporters about political influence by the fossil fuel industry, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Alaka Governor Mike Dunleavy during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump listens to US Representative Nick Begich, Republican of Alaska, during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy speaks with US President Donald Trump during an annoucement on energy investment in Alaska, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Georgetown University Law Center Professor of Law Paul Ohm, Senior Vice President of Intelligence and Services at Dragos, Inc. Kurt Gaudette and AI Futures Project Executive Director Daniel Kokotajlo swear in during a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. AI experts and former industry members spoke in front of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee as some have called for a slowdown in AI development amid rising safety concerns. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Senior Vice President of Intelligence and Services at Dragos, Inc. Kurt Gaudette shakes hands with Committee Chairman U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) before a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. AI experts and former industry members spoke in front of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee as some have called for a slowdown in AI development amid rising safety concerns. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick look on during an announcemnt in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he is joined by (L-R) Westinghouse CEO Dan Sumner, U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III (R-AK), Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan (R-AK), U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. The joint announcement unveiled a major $54 billion South Korean investment that includes the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)