Earl Blumenauer: “I will always remember the visit we took last year with some of our colleagues to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge…”

“I will always remember the visit we took last year with some of our colleagues to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where we were camping on a plain amidst the caribou; where we had a chance to really sense the vastness of that area, to get a feel for what was at stake as we looked at other areas that had been developed and were continuing to be developed for oil production. It was clear that this was one of America's jewels, and I have appreciated the gentlewoman's commitment in terms of going up there to see it firsthand and the gentlewoman's continued advocacy for a more rational and thoughtful energy policy. Hopefully, working together, we can advance these causes here in Congress that will make a difference for America's energy security.”