Lisa Murkowski

I would hope that we would continue on with the issuance of these licenses in a manner that is expeditious.

I think that pretty much speaks to the role that we can play here in this country when it comes to our exports and a recognition that we can be doing so much more for others.

I appreciate your statement, Mr. Secretary, that something to the effect of energy insecurity of our allies impacts our national security here.

I am requesting your support for fiscal year 2015 appropriations to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program and the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program consistent…

At the end of the day my bill was unacceptable to the department but the department failed to express the parameters of a bill that would be acceptable.

This issue is very very important to me and I intend to pursue it.

Last year I introduced the Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act with the intention of ensuring that the obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence to Federal defendants in accordance with the Brady ruling was uniformly applied across…

I applauded your decision to dismiss that case. It should not have been handled the way it was.

We've been told about the training. But, again, you've got--you don't have uniformity across the districts.

I continue to seek further answers in the miserable prosecution that brought Senator Ted Stevens down.

It is important that we understand what happened.

We need to work with the Postal Service to come up with ways in which we get at that problem.

We are seeing an increasing level of synthetic drugs that are coming into our communities and doing great damage.

I would urge you to put together some kind of action plan regarding funding for our tribal courts in Alaska on an annual basis.

The bill will make permanent the demonstration project begun in 1992 with Pub. L No. 102-477.

It is time for Congress to amend the 477 Act.

I think it is something we need to continue to visit.

The trust responsibility, the obligation that we have to our first peoples, and seems to me that we ought to be able to advance this.

If they do a good job auditing, then why do these funds need to be audited more rigorously than funds that go into patient health care or trust resources? What is the difference there in terms of how they are treated?

We urge the Committee to quickly markup and favorably report this critical bill as quickly as possible.

We are grateful to the Alaska delegation--Senators Begich and Murkowski and Representative Young--for taking the leadership in addressing the IHS portion of the problem.

I have said in this Committee, in writing and before the Committee and repeat again, how much I support the policy position that our tribal court's protective orders should be honored in our Native villages.

I have great gratitude for what you do.

There is a very clear need here for greater resources to be directed.

It is time for Congress to amend the 477 Act, to make this landmark legislation permanent