Don Young: “Today's hearing was scheduled in response to a violation of the Department of the Interior's tribal consultation policy.”

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

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…

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