Rep. Young relies upon many tools at his disposal while carrying out his duties as U.S. Congressman — including the penis bone of a walrus.

During a debate on the right of native Alaskans to sell the sex organs of endangered animals as aphrodisiacs, Young whipped out an oosik, the eighteen-inch penis bone of a walrus, and brandished it like a sword on the House floor.

In a separate incident, Young waved an 18-inch oosik– the penis bone of the walrus– at Mollie Beattie, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Beattie had suggested that Alaskan Natives should be able to sell oosiks only as handicrafts, not uncarved, a proposal Young derided. The incident was especially embarrassing because Beattie is the first woman to head the Service, and the hearing marked her debut on the Hill.