We have groups that kind of visit Alaska that have their views about how Alaska should be run and maybe have no interest other than to fight this environmental battle.
Our companies want certainty. They want to know here is when the timetable occurs.
We can't even get to the table to figure out, as Senator Hutchison just described, how to map out what we have there.
The moratorium and the delays in shallow water permitting forced Seahawk Drilling to declare bankruptcy.
The years that we have delayed the process is way too long.
I was glad to hear the President talk about on Saturday the need for coordinating work between the many different Federa...
We have a lot of concern to make sure the development is done right.
As you know, in Alaska, 80 percent of our area is non-road access, so I am assuming that is part of the equation.
I will tell you what happened. I was invited to a meeting when I was Mayor and it was about a land use issue.
I think the bill that Senator Carper has brought forward is a good step.
Let me ask you, and again, I thank you for when you came to my office a couple months ago.