We have neglected for over 100 years a territory that should be a state. We have neglected main America and this Congress. And I will say shame on us.
This is a territory that should be a state, and I have been very partisan of that, not Republican or Democrat, but because I believe in it.
I am terribly disappointed in your Department in a lot of areas in my state and, of course, with the EPA overall.
I think you have done a lousy job, because they are at the bottom of the list.
I don't want to hear a lot of talk, we have a tendency to do that, and allow Russia and China to take over the Arctic.
The potential of the Arctic, not only the minerals, but the potential to improve the well-being of the people of the United States has to be...
I represent that whole State, every lick, and including the mosquitos.
I am not happy with the administration. I try to keep from getting involved politically, but when they shut down all the leases for 2 years ...
We need new icebreakers, we need new docks. We don't have any docks.
This Congress has to recognize we have to put an infrastructure in place.
I will tell you, Alaska sort of feels like the ugly debutante. No one paid any attention to the Arctic until recently.