Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Our reality is that if, in fact, we are not able to come to a resolve with this Sealaska legislation the existing remnants of the timber industry in Southeast Alaska are just not going to survive."

"We cannot keep just talking this to death because 40 years have passed."

"This is bad public policy and a rotten deal for salmon fisheries."

"I'd hate to trade our reliance on foreign oil for our reliance on foreign minerals."