Ted Stevens: “Now, the system is stressed, but your policies are stressing people.”

I share those goals and in looking at the challenges facing the Arctic--which has been called 'ground zero for climate change'--I introduced a series of hills last year.

The need for a stronger Coast Guard presence, including icebreakers and forward operating bases to assert our national interest in the opening Arctic waters deal with the search and rescue and other responsibilities of increased maritime…

I hope we will get some innovative suggestions for the technology in the future.

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.