Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I am hoping that this stand-down will achieve the desired outcome which is really to really determine the safety there and not just a messaging tool"

"I hope you feel it in your heart that this is one where we have failed our veterans."

"I am not trying to cut anybody's corner here, but we are trying to run this in a more sustainable, defensible way."

"I think you recognize that we don't have much of a contingency plan there in Alaska. This is it."