Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Whatever Republicans are saying in public, no one in either party ignores the political risk of facing voters next year, with so many Americans still at risk here in Iraq."

"I'm not convinced, as I look to the the -- the plan that the president presented yesterday, that what we're seeing is that much different than what we have been doing in the past."

"Federal dollars are still needed because Alaska is so huge and connecting those communities costs a fortune."

"The Forest Service is hamstrung at every turn by activist lawsuits."