Lisa Murkowski

I do have personal vested interest. My son actually is a critical care flight nurse and does medevac flights.

We have a responsibility to those subsistence hunters and fishers up there who are worried about the contamination.

To Senator Feinstein's point, when she talks about an inventory, I think we have established that at least in Alaska.

I still have some concerns. We can sell bottled sugar water in the parks, but we cannot sell good glacier water.

I have a large delegation of Alaskan Native leaders that are in Washington, DC, this week.

It is a violation of what has been set out not only within ANILCA but within the United States Constitution.

Yet one more reason why this energy bill is a good energy bill that we are going to try to get moved through the Senate, because we do have the LWCF piece in there that allows for permanent reauthorization.

I am very concerned about that.

I think this is one of those glaring examples where our Federal Government is being absolutely hypocritical when it comes to environmental standards.

I think what you established there is a precedent that basically says, if you want to operate within this area, you are going to pay, not mitigation--it is not being viewed as mitigation by those who are looking--a penalty.

Frequently has now turned into almost a decade.

Can I interrupt on that? What you are describing is that it is going to be a case-by-case determination.

You need to understand how significant an issue this has become in the State of Alaska.

These are controversial because they call into question State management authority over fish and game...

I do not see anything in the President's budget that would help to facilitate that promise.

Quite frankly, I think there needs to be something more formal to allow the States and tribes and other stakeholders a more predictable and impactful seat at the table.

I do not support a road through the refuge because of the extraordinary damage we believe...

While we didn't agree on everything that was in the bill, things were never disagreeable.

We strongly believe that the Department should move forward from the DPP with a 2017-2022 Proposed Program...

We must lift up the teaching profession, and find more ways to celebrate, support, and sustain our Nation's educators.

We must support States, districts, and educators in their work to advance educational equity and excellence for every child.

I believe education can be the difference between hope and despair--between life and death, even--because it was for me.

I'm very worried about the stagnant performance of Native students.

Congratulations on your nomination. I'm sorry that our schedules didn't work so that we could visit.

I was in Houston last week at CERAWeek, which is the big oil and gas summit really in the country.