Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"As Senator Murkowski noted in her opening statements, Alaska is also seeing very large and rapid changes both due to sea level rise, but also due to the loss of ice and dramatically increased erosion ..."

"It's no secret that the discussion of climate change, of which sea level rise is just one aspect, has become highly politicized here in the Congress."

"Our reality is that with the Federal agencies that exist, they are there to help after the disaster has happened."

"They're lousy right now, by the way."