Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"We are failing our Native people with a system that is just not working right now."

"What is needed is federal legislation which recognizes the authority of our tribal governments to deal in the first instance with issues of local domestic violence, sexual assault, and substance abuse..."

"Thank you, Denise. Thank you to each of you for, I think, very insightful comments and we've spent a lot more time hearing from you than what we typically might in a regular hearing."

"we can turn the curve, we can make a difference."