It makes it so the rest of the West can remain reliant on American products ... rather than going abroad.

Sen. Stevens continues to advocate for the promise that was made to Alaskans by Congress 25 years ago.

It's a long list of economic benefits that Washington gets from North Slope oil.

The Healy's mission is to monitor the waters of the Arctic. It makes sense to homeport the vessel in its mission area.

Clearly we consider ANWR to be important to our nation's energy supply and our nation's defense.

But we can't rest now, we cannot become complacent,