Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I would ask you to do that. As you know, here in the committee, there's been a great deal of discussion about just how we provide for the 'pay-fors' for legislation."

"We're trying to understand and make sure that we're not duplicating, overlapping."

"It actually adds to our energy security to have the new volumes of oil, plus, we're getting money, as the Federal Government and as a taxpayer, from the producer of, and operator of, that well."

"I agree that looking to sell off significant quantities of SPRO oil is ill-advised, and have said so on many, many occasions."