Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"any attempt to force a solution, top-down, a federally mandated solution... is going to take longer, it's going to cost more, and you're going to have less--fewer odds of success."

"the cost of this is just getting out of hand: a heavy cost to utility ratepayers, a heavy cost to the American taxpayer, a heavy cost to the communities that have been unwilling hosts to long term sto..."

"Taxpayers thus far have paid over $2 billion in damages resulting from the government's failure to take title to the used nuclear fuel."

"I think that this is a very timely hearing on the Blue Ribbon Commission's report, their recommendations."