Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Had you made the decision another way, when the people of Nome needed help, needed assistance at a very difficult time, we would not have been able to provide the level of assistance."

"the importance of these cutters actually being underway, conducting the mission, and the fact that the outside cutters are spending 25 to 30 days underway every deployment"

"The world may seem to be growing smaller, but its seas are growing bigger, particularly in the great north where a widening water highway beckons both with resources and challenges."

"I appreciate the need, the desire, to get our new vessels on, but, again, I'm worried about the gaps, where we have ships that are decommissioned without that replacement vessel on-site in the water."