Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"We believe that it is time to revisit that and to shorten the lease terms to further incentivize prompt development of oil and gas resources."

"We don't want to be sitting in the--if something horrible happens, we don't want to be sitting in a situation where we are held off from using a tool in the toolbox because we haven't done the backgro..."

"Is it really good policy to require our deepwater operators to prove access to subsea dispersants?"

"I would certainly concur. You know, one of the great disappointments following the Exxon Valdez tragedy was a lot of lessons learned there."