Don Young: “Oh, boy. Does that sound like our great government? I am going to ask that question, too.”

I come before you today to plead on behalf of all Alaskans for relief from the inimical policies imposed by the current Administration.

We therefore firmly believe that a 45-day comment period will allow all stakeholders and the general public more than enough time to review the SEIS and provide meaningful comment.

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…

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