I think it is important to see a place when you are talking about legislating about that place.

I will tell you that it doesn't make sense, and we should protect the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, not hand it over to the highest corporate bidder.

Protection of the birthing and nursery grounds on the Coastal Plain is a human rights issue for the Gwich'in Nation.

Drilling there would cause lower birth rates and threaten migrations, risking everything we hold dear.

Herd size is not dependent on politics, but rather where they are at in their natural cycle.

There was not one person who testified that wanted to open such a special place.

I oppose any oil and gas development on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain and strongly recommend that Congress pass H.R. 1146.

It is unjust and unfair that we constantly have to advocate for our worth in relation to a caribou herd.

Oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain is a direct attack on our ways of life and to our human rights.

We are experiencing longer ice-free seasons, melting permafrost, and more coastal erosion, among other things.

The size of the caribou herds has increased under Obama administration protections, the lands have been managed as wilderness because of concerns over caribou herds.

From 2008 until 2016 under the Obama administration that area was managed as a wilderness area.

The survival of the Gwich'in depends on the survival of this herd.

You must repeal the portion of the 2017 Tax Law that allowed for drilling in America's truly Last Frontier.

Congresswoman Degette clarified this best with the evidence she submitted to the hearing record of Nation-wide meetings hosted by Defenders of Wildlife and The Wilderness Society.

There is absolutely no need to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

You consume. The average American consumes. And yet you ask us to bear the burden of mitigation so that you don't have to.

We are seeking basic information about the operation of a school that deserves to be taken seriously.