Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"The need is great, and we appreciate the increase that we will see in this account."

"Last week I joined with Senator Leahy to introduce S. 2612 which will enable the full implementation of this agreement."

"I can tell you that just in the past 2 weeks, I have probably had no fewer than half a dozen different entities coming to me saying we have to make better progress on our charting."

"I am asking if you can assure you that NMFS will be providing that funding for the installation of currently available electronic monitoring systems on our small boats within Alaska."