But it is--it really seems to be that the stumbling blocks are at the Federal level...
We need to fund a new Coast Guard duty station or port on Alaska's coast between Nome and Barrow to meet the new challen...
The Arctic literally needs to be put on the map.
I am here to seek funding for a new Coast Guard duty station or port on Alaska's western or northern coast.
Such vast upside potential carries with it a responsibility to use world-class safeguards that minimize any potential co...
Let us not be led down the easy path to invest America's foreign aid dollars in exploration abroad.
It's a preventive measure that makes as much sense in the Arctic as it does in Prince William Sound, where it was put in...
Alaska is America's Arctic. It is our home. It is our history, our heritage, and our future.
I hope the Congress will remember this as you determine America's new role as an Arctic Nation.
Our challenge will be to make sure that we have actually put things in place before we see the level of activity increas...
I would sort of lay the gauntlet down to them on how are they going to work with the rest of the Alaskans to get that me...
The Bering Strait, sometimes now called the Bering Gate, is a prime strategic area.
I think one of the beautiful examples that we have with Newtok is it is a community that has taken initiative.
Today Alaskans join me in stating that our state--and our nation--must not be idle and passive; that we must not drift; ...
I want to publicly recognize you and your leadership on how we are assuming the role as an Arctic nation and moving resp...
Most in the United States, I would dare say, do not believe or do not think of the United States as an Arctic nation.
We think it's important for these to be separately monitored and analyzed in the course of development, because most Arc...
Also, the Arctic has very little emergency response capability for an area that is so vast and remote.