Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I hope the Congress will remember this as you determine America's new role as an Arctic Nation."

"It's a preventive measure that makes as much sense in the Arctic as it does in Prince William Sound, where it was put in place after the Exxon Valdez oil spill."

"Such vast upside potential carries with it a responsibility to use world-class safeguards that minimize any potential costs in damage to the Arctic environment and the subsistence way of life."

"That's the only way to prevent what has happened in the past few years, when environmental reviews and other regulatory standards have been so poorly applied that it forced us into court, which is not..."