Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"But opportunities are tied up because of red tape, whether it is policies coming out of the Federal Government or the impact of the roadless rule."

"We cannot access an area to put in a hydro facility, whether it is small hydro, lake tap, whatever it is we are trying to do, geothermal opportunities."

"Despite repeated pledges from the Forest Service to increase timber harvest levels, we continue to steadily march towards losing what remains of that timber industry in southeast Alaska."

"We cannot give up on this region. We cannot give up on a region that has opportunity and has potential, but is being denied because of policies from our own Federal Government."