Lisa Murkowski

We refer to this G.E. salmon as 'frankenfish,' nobody is going to voluntarily label it as such.

Despite all of this immense opposition, in November 2015, the FDA approved AquaBounty Technologies' application for this new animal drug process.

What they want, what everybody wants, is the big package. They want the big project.

We were very close to moving that, but we did not get it across the finish line.

We have been talking early with this Administration to make sure they know that it is not only a priority of this delegation, but why it is a priority of so many Alaskans.

The FAA is now changing that standard, enforcing a national standard for weather reporting and weather forecasting.

This lack of data had previously justified the local FAA to allow carriers to use a combination of inputs to satisfy the requirements.

The FAA has not funded a new automated weather observing system location program in Alaska since the 1990s.

There is no cure, there is no treatment for ALS, and it is a horrible, horrible disease for an individual to live with.

Unfortunately our military members have a higher incidence of ALS, a 60 percent higher rate, than the civilian population.

One issue that I choose to raise here before this appropriations subcommittee every year is the peer reviewed medical research accounts.

What we do know for a certainty is this is a deadly, horrifying disease, and we have to be doing more.

This will continue to be a priority of mine as well as other members here, but I appreciate the continuing efforts.

It just seems to me this ought to be an area where perhaps we should be looking at better resourcing.

Making sure we have access to the good, healthy traditional foods I think is so important.

Kids do not know what color a banana should really look like because by the time it gets to a village, it is really not fit for consumption.

We appreciate your leadership and that role modeling that goes on.

Education only goes so far. You have to act on it and take that step to do the exercise.

Thank you to all of our panelists. I think in so many different ways, you each are such significant role models for others.

We are making some good progress. I think that is important, particularly the progress with our young people.

In remote areas, when you have an inability to get good, healthy foods in a grocery store, your fruits and vegetables, they just do not exist

It is not only the individual that has diabetes, it is the toll on the families as well as they care for their loved ones

We have seen some encouraging signs in Alaska through the SDPI program as we deal with the diabetes epidemic today.

I think we have recognized here in Congress that we are dealing with something that is epidemic in proportion

Minerals are fundamental to fracking, MRI machines, and jet engines.