Don Young: “Nobody consults with you guys, really, in seriousness. They will tell you why you can't do it, but they won't help you…”

Congress authorized the leasing and development program within the 1002 Area of ANWR not on a whim, but after decades of robust debate.

The Endangered Species Act, we should celebrate when these species get to the numbers that we need, so we can have Minnesota manage these wolves.

It was sponsored by Congressman Debbie Dingell and initially by Congressman Don Young.

When the tribe asked Congressman Don Young to cosponsor the bill years ago, he looked me in the eye and said, so the landowners get resolved, the tribe still has to prove its case, are you sure that is what you want? I said, yes, sir, it…