Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"But I think that it is recognized that good faith effort was made by everyone from Sealaska, to the communities, to the fishermen, to the sportsmen, to the recreationists, to the folks in the agencies..."

"I am hopeful that we are close to being able to resolve this."

"I need to have some assurance going forward that we're going to be able to deal with this."

"If you hear a Senator asking about bats, you may wonder, 'Well, why is he talking about bats?'"