Daniel Sullivan actually said...

"It sounds like the President Obama statement makes it sound like he might have a goal of banning all ivory or something along those lines, which I think would be very disappointing."

"As a lead--as leaders in the Senate, both Chairman Sullivan and Senator Murkowski, I believe it is your responsibility to help us draw the distinction between banned elephant ivory and domestic lawful..."

"So it wasn't a mistake?"

"the Marine Mammal Protection Act explicitly allows Alaska Natives to harvest walrus for subsistence purposes"