Putting ANWR in permanent wilderness status would put those resources and those reserves offline for all of America.

a $1.6 trillion Federal deficit, and rising unrest that has spiked oil prices to the point where our economic recovery could be threatened.

The United States is an Arctic nation, and the fact that we have just barely one-and-a-half icebreakers...

I think we need to remember that we are an Arctic nation.

And I appreciate you looking into that.

I have sent a letter to the Administrator of the TSA asking him for clarification as to what the process will be for those that have had medical procedures.

these storms seem to be getting more frequent, flooding more frequent, levels of flooding higher, more aggressive kind of storms and weather patterns.

this subcommittee is going to have to push hard to get this emergency funding in a supplemental and use the base funding of Homeland Security to manage the operations of this important function of Government.

I am concerned that the decommissioning of these cutters will have significantly negative impacts on the safety and security of the Alaskan commercial fishing industry.

I appreciate you looking into that.

I think that that makes sense. That is important.

I think we all share those same concerns about the impact to the men and women who serve us and the level of care, whether it is while they are serving or whether they are home.

We are looking at some proposals up north that I would like to be able to speak with some in the Department about in terms of opportunities to advance these synfuels and how we can really reduce that reliance on oil.

What we do to ensure, from a national security perspective, our opportunities as a Nation--and again, from a security angle--is critically import.

Yes. It is a little bit of a detour from the long-term continuing resolution. But last week, there was an article that was written.

the PDP's proposal... should have been on the ballot

I rise today to honor Howard Pollock, an Alaskan political pioneer. I am saddened to report that Representative Pollock, a true Alaskan spirit and a greatly respected public servant, passed away at the age of 90 in Coronado, CA, on January…

it does appear, just looking at the budget categories, that the administration is clearly picking those winners and designating those losers.

I rise today to introduce two separate bills, S. 351 and S. 352, to open a small portion of the Arctic coastal plain, in my home State of Alaska, to oil and gas development. I am introducing these bills because new production in northern…

I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your letter.

we have 44 communities in the State of Alaska that receive an EAS subsidy. Thirty eight of those communities are not connected in any way to this road system so they are forced to use air travel as their primary means of travel. Then one…

I wish to address an amendment that was raised exactly a week ago by my colleague from Arizona, and this is regarding the importance of the Essential Air Service to my State of Alaska. I think the Members of this body have heard very often…

I rise today to reintroduce legislation, cosponsored by my colleague Mark Begich from Alaska, that represents an important step in the conversion to renewable energy sources in rural Alaska. Today I introduce the Kantishna Hills Renewable…

I rise today to introduce legislation that would make a minor technical change to a provision that this Congress approved in 2004 to further construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline system to move Alaska's conventional gas to market…

I rise today to reintroduce legislation that I first offered in 2009 to authorize a right-of-way for construction of an Alaska in-state natural gas pipeline. The bill is being co-sponsored by my colleague from Alaska, Sen. Mark Begich. The…