Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I have questioned that at a time where budgets are very, very tight, we would be purchasing more land when we're not able to adequately care for, maintain, provide the resources for what it is that we..."

"I hope today that you can give me a reason to believe that we're not going to be sitting here again next year."

"I want to be clear. I do support the agency's many programs that deal with recreation and with wildlife."

"I think that this decision by the agency represents the latest in a long line of misguided Forest Service actions that have had a crippling impact on Southeast Alaska."