Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"I appreciate that commitment. I appreciate all that the Coast Guard does to serve us here in Alaska and around the country."

"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..."

"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."

"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."