Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"We want to help you. We want to know that you have the resources that you need..."

"We lost lives. It destroyed half the economy of Gatlinburg and we would like your assistance in learning the lessons that we need to learn in order to avoid something like that happening again."

"It is my assumption that the three that I am highlighting here--Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Winnebago--are just the ones that make the 'Wall Street Journal'."

"I hope you will continue to work with me and others from Tennessee and North Carolina to see that the Smokies receives at least the same appropriation as the western parks."