Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I am hopeful that this is just a start and that the administration will also quickly issue permits to projects that are stalled all across the country right now."

"I think the President's announcement this week, as it related to Alaska and the efforts on the annual lease sales up in the NPRA, the permitting, I think these are positive signals."

"Let us take this conversation up north then to the Arctic. It is my understanding that in Alaska, the use of dispersants has not been preauthorized."

"But would you agree that the facts on the ground in Alaska are somewhat different than we have in the lower 48, in terms of advancing those leases?"