I acknowledge my good friend, John Dingell, for the work we have done together on a lot of fish and wildlife issues.
Do not cite anybody in my state again until we work this issue out because if you do not, we will do it legislatively because this is silly ...
Your agent is a hot-dog. That is what he is. And interfered with Alaskan Natives and the raven has always been used as a sacred bird in thei...
I just think we can do it.
I think we can solve this problem, instead of, you know, working together to get icebreaker capability in the Arctic.
If we build an icebreaker, we are going to charge the hell out of you. I can tell you that right now.
And if we don't have cooperation from the Federal--cooperation, not dictation--then we have a real challenge.
It is this ingrown 'I have got to own it' atmosphere. We have got a problem.
I do appreciate your having this hearing, because we are an Arctic nation.
You are not going to get the $10 billion from this Congress to build a new icebreaker. That simple.
I still believe leasing is the option we should take place, not foreign vessels.