At a Capitol news conference, they vowed to do everything they can to block the plan.
“This administration has effectively declared war on Alaska,” Murkowski said, blaming the White House for bowing to pressure from liberal environmentalists. “We will not stand for it, we will not tolerate it and we will do everything we can to push back against an administration that has taken a look at Alaska and decided it’s a nice little snow globe up there and we’re going to keep it that way.”
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“I’m very disappointed,” he said. “We’re going to fight this.”
Rep. Don Young, the only House member from Alaska, compared Obama to King George and said he had “gone completely wacko.”
