Ted Stevens: “In the Arctic, speaking your mind is often a matter of survival.”

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

The portraits of Senator Harry Reid and Senator Ted Stevens are the first additions to the leadership series since 2011.

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.

Thanks to the foresight of Senator Ted Stevens and his congressional colleagues in establishing the North Pacific Research Board in 1997.