Ted Stevens: “I'd like to thank the Chair, my good friend from New Hampshire, for holding this hearing today.”

Starting in the late 1980s, then-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens encouraged the community to actively explore and develop our first hydro facility.

They are not numbers. They were people, living, breathing, caring, loving people. And they're not anymore. And there is no rational explanation as to why not.

In the Arctic, speaking your mind is often a matter of survival.

I'm hopeful that this hearing will be a useful springboard to advance renewable energy development.