September 20, 2005- Remarks of Rep. Markey, Arctic Refuge Action Day
"Hello Friends of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and champions of an energy policy that strengthens America while protecting our wilderness areas. We have gathered here today outside the Capitol building to pull Congress back from the brink of the extreme and unnecessary action of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
February 2, 2005- Introductory Statement, "Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act"
"Today I am introducing, with Rep. Nancy Johnson and over 100 of my colleagues, legislation that would permanently protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from development by granting it full wilderness status, consistent with the rest of the Refuge. The Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act of 2005 honors two great visionaries by protecting, in their name, this extraordinary piece of America’s wilderness. Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower began the bipartisan legacy to protect this majestic land when he set aside the core of the Refuge in 1960. Twenty years later, in 1980, Democratic Representative Morris Udall succeeded in doubling the size of the Refuge, thereby protecting even more of this pristine wilderness from oil drilling.
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Rep. Markey's Committee Statement