Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"We absolutely agree that operation and maintenance funds are necessary to ensure that sanitation facilities projects can remain functional for their entire usable life."

"It should shock us as Alaskans. It should shock us as Americans that basic, basic matters like safe water, drinking water, basic sanitation needs are still so unmet in so many places."

"According to the IHS, one in ten Native Americans lacks access to clean water or indoor plumbing."

"The Infrastructure Bill restricts program support funding to Federal activities, which means the tribes that operate there, the projects directly, can't access this."