Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I appreciate that you're going to be getting back to us on the letter that so many of us signed about the diversification of the fire fighting air tanker fleet."

"It's going to take, I think, a mix of every economic activity that we have available to be able to have sustainable communities in the Southeast Alaska."

"So if in fact this is actually helped you, is there a reason that you didn't request extension of this authority in the budget this year?"

"We put it in there as mandatory funding this year, it shows the importance, the understanding of the importance of this program, especially in these current economic times, about how we need to be abl..."