Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"And so, I guess my question has always been, why not wait until we know what the specifics and what the criteria are before you move to effectively veto?"

"But we have not seen any permits. We have not seen any application."

"But if we have a process that does not allow for certainty along the way, it is pretty difficult to entice anybody to come in and put the dollars up front that would allow for a project, allow for eco..."

"I want to start my questions with an issue that Alaskans have really been buzzing about, and this is the issue of the Pebble Mine."