We have created this myth that we are going into the Brooks Range. We are not.
Eighty percent of those people support it. You have one or two that don't, and that is who everybody listens to.
So when you say the Gwich'in, that is my tribe. I live there. You don't.
If you can't drill safely in the footprint on ANWR that is being proposed, you can't drill safely anywhere in America.
Mr. Hall needs that job. Mr. Sharp has to put his people to work.
I would be very happy if we could just allow the Kaktovik people to develop their own lands in the 1002 area.
Twenty percent. It was up as high as 35 percent at one time, but the pipeline is way down now.
I thank the good lady.
We would not favor development on the Coastal Plain unless we were confident that development can occur without jeopardizing our way of life...
The time is past due to open ANWR, and I implore this Committee to proceed with a bill that will accomplish this.
At a time of high unemployment, high energy prices, and an urgent need to address our national debt, there is no question that this Nation n...