Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I do approach the need for additional Federal purchases with some skepticism, particularly when we are dealing with tough budgetary times."

"One way to express itself the last time we dealt with this it seemed like, when we created a little bit of mandatory funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund a few years ago it all went to the..."

"we do need to look at access more and more, and I think that's appropriate."

"I strongly believe conservation in the 21st century must include taking care of what we already have, what we choose to conserve first instead of simply pretending that more is always better."