Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"It doesn't matter whether the U.S. mails were late. It doesn't matter if the BLM personnel put the wrong time and date stamp on it."

"I hope that this committee would show some understanding here because the current practice by BLM, I don't think, is fair."

"A lot of small things have, I think, profound impact on men and women that are trying to make things happen."

"Small miners were going to get some pretty simple due process and have a chance to fix their mistakes before they lost their mining claims."