Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I am absolutely behind you when you have suggested that we need to work together to figure out how we can allow for the smooth functioning of the operations that must proceed here but do so in a manne..."

"I would like to know from a security perspective what the must-haves are."

"I too share your concern that we are back a year later and the proposals that we have are proposals for increases and an overall requested increase of 10 percent."

"If we cannot set the example, if we cannot set the standard here, how can we expect others outside of our institution to exercise that same level."