Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I think we recognize that when you have strong timber harvest programs that reduce the fuels, decrease the intensity of the fire and ultimately decrease the costs."

"Would you agree that we might ultimately need less in that FLAME fund or perhaps use less if in fact we were to do the prevention work?"

"I'm from Missouri and you've got to show it to me. I've seen it and I'm ready to do something about it."

"So how then do we make sure that we have done all that we should be doing again, to reduce the hazardous fuels if we're not insuring that the dollars are available to do just that."