Political Quotes

“Again, I want to make reference to some of the refuges because some people make an automatic mental transfer that somehow this is a refuge. Therefore, there should not be any exploration occurring or any activity of any kind. This chart shows activities associated with oil and gas in various refuges. In California, there are four refuges that produce oil and gas. We only have one in our State of Alaska, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. There are nine in Texas and there are many in Louisiana. These are specific ones. In California, we have the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, and the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge, where oil production is taking place and some of them are involved in various other discoveries, such as gravel, desalinization, and so forth. So, again, saying we are somehow initiating an action in Alaska that is unique and unfounded doesn't face the sense of reality.”