KTUU - Don Young: King George Obama Has Gone "Completely Wacko' on ANWR
By Austin Baird
The Alaska Congressional Delegation came together in Washington to speak jointly in opposition to President Barack Obama's executive order, which adds a roadblock to potential oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here's what the delegation had to say:
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
"This Administration has effectively declared war on Alaska."
"We will not stand it, we will not tolerate it, and we will do everything that we can to push back against an Administration that has taken a look at Alaska and decided that it's a nice little snow globe up there, and we're going to keep it that way."
"We're a state that is looking at some pretty serious deficiencies in our budget right now, about $3.5 billion dollar hole, and this is how an Administration is going to work with us: take all of what was left of ANWR that was in a formally non-wilderness status area, and put it all off limits now, forever, period. To then further restrict our opportunities in the offshore by taking areas that had previously been subject to deferral and now with drawing them completely."
Sen. Dan Sullivan
"No dispute whatsoever has to have Congressional authorization to designate it a wilderness. It's not going to happen in this Congress, so they're going to move forward with an executive order to do it anyways."
Rep. Don Young
"This is much to do about nothing. This should be developed. George Obama -- and that's King George Obama -- really believes he doesn't have to acknowledge laws that were passed by the Congress. He's done this on numerous occasions. He ignores us. He lectures the legislative body: "You're not important, I'm the king.' It's disgusting for the nation, disgusting for the people. This man, this person has gone completely wacko. This is an attack upon the state, an attack upon previous laws and an attack upon the nation."
"What has occurred here is wrong for everyone. No consultation, no understanding, not talking to the Native people that have 96,000 acres of land in the middle of ANWR, guarranteed for their social and economic well being. Taking that away. So much for the first Americans."
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