Lisa Murkowski

I really urge the Committee to develop legislation that is totally focused on Native American needs on infrastructure with a focus on broadband.

One of the things that I hear as I am going around, also, is in many of our schools we have a Head Start program within the school itself, and yet you have this firewall here where the Head Start program cannot avail itself of the…

That was so smart, so important.

I think a plan that is more than aspirational is needed, and so I would be happy to work with you to that end.

I think it's fair to say that we're late to the recognition of that.

I joined the Alaska State Legislature at a time when oil was at $9 a barrel.

Oil and gas production is heavily capital intensive. It takes a long time for these projects to come online.

Oil and gas prices are low today, but I think we all recognize they are not going to be low forever.

This brings us to the end of the agreed-to votes on the amendments that required a rollcall, as well as the 29 various amendments that were accepted by voice en bloc. We have made extraordinary progress on a good, strong, bipartisan energy…

I mentioned that the budget reduces funding for State Revolving Funds by approximately $257 million.

Your comments that you're not looking to regulate, you're not looking to one-up, I think was the terminology that you used.

As I noted in my opening comments, what we've seen is that, even as we have added new wells into the system, we have seen our methane emissions from petroleum and natural gas falling.

I was disheartened to hear that now Region 10 is saying we could be years away from a solution...

The people in Flint have to have it in the bottle. The stories about people being fearful of bathing in the water.

I concur that these are constrained budgets, but you've got a tough job----

I will continue to raise the issue about our small remote incinerators.

My concern is not just that I have limited time, but 2018 is the compliance window here, and we still have yet to engage in a way that's going to be productive.

We're trying to come up with everything that we possibly can to be creative, to be innovative.

It's confusing to me that, within the administration, you would take from that very fund that can help the people of Flint...

Why is the Agency choosing to make such large cuts from the State Revolving Fund to pay for effectively additional personnel?

As timely as you can make this, I think it is going to be important.

Can you commit to getting to me, within the next couple weeks, a list with the names of the commercial insurers, the financial companies, the other entities that you are consulting with to date and who you have plans to consult with this…

One thing that we can do in Alaska is try our best to compete, and we will do that.

We need to deal with backup diesel generator concerns in rural Alaska and find a way to clean up abandoned oil tanks and contaminated lands.

I was pleased that we were able to double the funding for the Alaska Native Villages Water Program in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus to $20 million.