Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"We have seen national security cutters every season in the summer up in the Arctic as we are seeing different traffic, different folks poking around up there that you probably would not anticipate."

"You do recognize that Coast Guard's role, their mission truly has expanded dramatically as we are seeing greater activity within the Arctic region."

"The Sabine-Neches Waterway is probably one of the more important waterways in the Nation."

"I have been a long proponent of making sure that we have infrastructure in the Arctic as we see developments taking place up north."