Lisa Murkowski: “We have to recognize, first of all, that we have an energy crisis in this country. It is not unique to one area.…”

“We have to recognize, first of all, that we have an energy crisis in this country. It is not unique to one area. California needs immediate assistance. All one has to do is talk to the California legislators, and the reality is to sit down in a timely manner and address this with some corrective action, which is going to involve a large segment of examination of not only conservation, weatherization, alternative energy, renewable energy, but making sure we go back to our conventional sources of energy--it has to come from somewhere--and use our technology to produce it in a safer manner with less of an environmental footprint.”