Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I must tell you that there are two proposals in this request that are, frankly, an insult to the people of Alaska."

"Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Murkowski, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of Intel and the Semiconductor Industry Association on the 'Helium Stewardship Act of 2013' (S.783)."

"So the question is, will that be clearly mapped out far enough in advance so that Conoco can advance in 2014, or Shell can advance in 2014?"

"It seems to me that the solution really here is to do what the Ramah decision laid out, which is to pay the tribes the full amount of their contract support costs."