Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"we're asking for the EPA to do its job, which is to issue the air-quality permit, not to make a determination as to whether or not exploration activity offshore Alaska is a go or no-go."

"One of the things that came up in this process--and you referenced the litigation, that's one thing--but, there were some different standards that were in place initially for nitrogen dioxide and no r..."

"And those analyses, as you have indicated to Senator Blunt, would be available through the whole rulemaking process that you have, that that cost analysis would be included."

"The EPA used an arbitrary designation that is neither in statute nor in regulation."