Ted Stevens: “Unfortunately, Mr. Secretary, you've already, in your opening statement, responded to my question.”

In 2003, Alaska's own Senator Ted Stevens singled out Alaska Tribes for exceptionally harsh financial restrictions.

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

Starting in the late 1980s, then-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens encouraged the community to actively explore and develop our first hydro facility.

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.