Congressman Don Young pulls punches for road foe

Witnesses wait to testify at a hearing in the U.S. House on the King Cove Road. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
At the U.S. Capitol, Alaska Rep. Don Young is known to berate Democrats and environmentalists who oppose his efforts to get a road for King Cove.
Young accuses them of being indifferent to the lives of his constituents, the Alaska Natives who reside in a remote, isolated community.
At a hearing Wednesday, the witness who spoke against the road was also an Alaska Native f