Lisa Murkowski

I think all we need to do is look to yesterday's news when China imposes a quota on critical minerals.

We need to make sure that the priorities in terms of addressing them and keeping that commitment and promise are made.

I think our committee, most certainly has taken the issue of those nominees in front of us, given them, a fair consideration and really worked it through the process.

I think that Dr. Moniz is assembling a pretty top notch team to assist him with the important work being done by the Energy Department.

I would ask that you look critically at that, that you look to the history of ANILCA.

I think it needs to be visited very seriously.

I think this is over reach by the EPA.

I think we here in this Energy Committee have been spending a lot of time, probably an extraordinary amount of time, on nominations lately.

I think it should be noted that certainly within Alaska and many who are looking at this issue back here, there appears to be, again, an inconsistency with the position that the Fish and Wildlife Service has taken with regards to its…

The issues that are front and foremost for us as Alaskans are really key to our everyday opportunity to either have an economy of any sort or be able to access healthcare.

I want that assurance that you still remain engaged in the policy level, the decisionmaking that goes on.

I feel very strongly that we ought to be pushing to get at less than 1 percent leakage from the well to the consumer.

We think all of you are highly qualified for the positions you've been nominated for.

I have taken the position that as significant as that refuge area is... we should be working every day to give equal protection to the residents.

I think it's important to have your leadership there. I want it made very clear that I have that confidence in you.

The leadership that you've demonstrated as the Acting Chair, I think, has been very important.

Senator Murkowski and Senator Landrieu, in my view, have been very constructive, you know, in terms of trying to think again on these kinds of issues.

I know that I can speak, probably speak, hopefully speak for the chairman on this, that others on the committee will as well given that most were not able to attend and based on the conversations I've had with others.

But it seems that that only happens to favor conservation, unfortunately, not production.

What I'm particularly interested in here is trying to find a way to make common cause between all the communities where there's Federal land and Federal water.

Senator Murkowski and I have, in a bipartisan way, made it a priority to look at how we're going to fund the parks for the future.

It seems to me you're talking about balance. I think we need to work to try to find that balance here.

What I would ask from you is that if you are confirmed, your commitment to work for a suitable solution...

I don't want us to be going backward at a time when we need to be making forward progress.

We've got to get at some of these critical environmental issues. One of them is methane leakage.