Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"It seems to me that you have acknowledged that this is a valuable program; we need to do a little bit better job with regards to the data."

"In Alaska, I'm told that when it comes to suicide rates amongst young Alaska Native males, we're 10 times the national average."

"I think we all recognize, as you say, the sobering statistics, the sobering reality that far too many of our Native people around the country face, whether in Montana, New Mexico, or Alaska. It is not..."

"You simply cannot attract them if you have substandard facilities, and you can't attract them if you have housing issues."