Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I think it is important when we look at the issue, and I ask you as subcommittee members when you look at the issue and ask yourself the question why now and why this kind of funding."

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preventing the company from developing its leases by not issuing necessary air permits."

"The BOEM announced that as part of its ongoing litigation in the lease sales up north, that it has revised its schedule for the completion of the supplemental EIS."

"Let me ask you, though, because the initial comment period for the original SEIS had ended in October."