I think you also would agree as a business person and one who looks longer term that it is difficult for any company to make the kinds of investment, the sizable investment that Shell will, without certainty as to whether or not you are going to have these leases.
Murkowski emphasizes the need for certainty in investment for companies like Shell.
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