Lisa Murkowski actually said...

I am not in favor of the wholesale elimination of or drastic reductions to programs simply to hit a budget number.

the budget that we are looking at now, in my view, does not use gimmicks, but it does propose some real cuts to the programs.

It is our veterans that do not get that level of service.

we have challenges. We are a place that is born and bred to meet challenges with great ingenuity and some enthusiasm.