Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I look forward to a rigorous discussion about the Federal policies and management practices on our Federal lands that are affecting the timber harvest."

"In the Tongass, on average right now, we are harvesting just 35 million board feet which is really unacceptable in my view."

"I think far too often we see policies that really do restrict or limit that."

"Southeast Alaska is now and has historically been a resource dependent economy directly tied to the Federal land that dominates it."