Lisa Murkowski

I would encourage this body as they move forward that not only is it important to discuss these issues here in this Committee, but as we talk on the floor of the Senate and other committees we sit on, that we discuss the importance of the…

I want to take this opportunity to thank him for his leadership on these issues that we both agree are critically important to the Native people of our State and not just the Native people of our State because I think we recognize that our…

We must address the trauma faced by our Native children.

We have to be able to have the resources to provide for this level of safety and security.

This bill will not have a large impacts on society, but it is huge from an equity standpoint, because it fixes a mistake by a federal agency.

Let's rely on that local knowledge.

But have we changed things in order to be better at, or are we just hoping that next time we get a little luckier?

We see so much in terms of the planning that I think FEMA puts in place for the buildup into the hurricane season.

So 3 days to 2 weeks verses 133 days? Tell me why...

If there's no accountability for a timely decision, if you can just continue, kind of, putting it off, putting it off.

I think sometimes within our agencies that presents a challenge because the real knowledgeable folks get scooped up by industry.

But once it's issued you have one opportunity for a 2-year extension?

So if you have a continued backlog that continues for a period of years you may run your first permit period and then your extension that is allowed.

But you only have a one extension.

So with these permits that are part of this backlog, these pending permits have a 2-year life to their permit.

I guess I would just, again, reinforce the timeliness of these decisions is absolutely key because if we lose yet another season.

Without road access the reality is is the only alternative that is available then is by aircraft which, of course, puts greater stress on the caribou as they are traveling around, greater stress on the subsistence hunting.

This construction season is going to be lost and the project delayed for yet another year which, in my view, is absolutely unacceptable.

I'm concerned that the date for the release of the final supplemental EIS is going to slip.

We'd like to make some improvements here.

The President continues to tout oil and gas development from NPR-A as part of his 'all of the above' energy strategy, but beyond holding lease sales, it is not clear to me what the Administration is doing to help ensure a project in the…

Thank you, Madame Chairman.

Many of us think that we do need to look critically at how all of these agencies interact then with this EPA rule.

I do think it takes us right back to the chairman's point about our opportunities with our oil and most clearly our natural gas.

Do you support GAO's recommendation for a formal documented process between DOE, FERC and EPA to interact with respect to the impact of the EPA rules on reliability?