Don Young: “I have no confidence in this permitting process, and that the Army Corps will factor in our concerns.”

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

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

We have learned firsthand that resource development and protection of the environment are not mutually exclusive goals.

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…