Honorable Jared Huffman
Representative, California, Democrat
Rep. Huffman has represented California’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013 and serves on the Natural Resources Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The following is a statement released by Huffman on April 22 that opposed drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Big Oil sees a melting Arctic as a business opportunity. I see it as our final wake-up call. We can either let polluters exploit this sacred region—threatening fragile ecosystems, endangered wildlife, and indigenous communities who have protected these waters since time immemorial—or rise to the occasion and safeguard the Arctic from irreversible harm. There is no safe way…
