Lisa Murkowski

It's almost as though we're watching 'Groundhog Day' all over again.

You have got to find a different path here that does not punish these struggling rural communities for the agency's failure to manage our Nation's forests.

I believe that this situation teaches a larger lesson about the failures of the agency's current forest management policy.

Our Governor Parnell sent a letter to you on April 28 refusing to pay back the funds, citing the lack of any legal authority offered by the USFS.

I had mentioned the Anan Creek facility.

I worked with Secretary Salazar on the agreement involving the King Cove road reflected in the Secretary's memorandum of March 21.

So the question is, will that be clearly mapped out far enough in advance so that Conoco can advance in 2014, or Shell can advance in 2014?

The outcry from tribes from folks back home on this particular issue is really loud. It's quite intense.

Well, let me ask for clarification on that because, as we know, when Shell was moving forward as the only entity, the only producer up there, the plans were very specific as to Shell's operations.

If you hear a Senator asking about bats, you may wonder, 'Well, why is he talking about bats?'

I need to have some assurance going forward that we're going to be able to deal with this.

One of the things we're proudest of is our volunteers in the park.

I guess the simple question is whether or not you feel that the State should be held financially responsible for the Federal Government's responsibility to take care of the legacy wells.

I honestly believe it's possible for you to set a policy agenda at the department that is beneficial to all parties.

The trust responsibility that the Federal Government owes to our first peoples is very important to me.

I support this increased funding, but we have a long-term role in the allocation of these funds.

I need to hear from you that you would agree that it's not the State of Alaska's responsibility to clean up the Federal Government's mess.

This is something that isn't setting well with the people in the State of Alaska, and it clearly doesn't set well with me.

This proposal, in my view, is dead on arrival. It's just not going to happen.

I hope, Madam Secretary, that you will come to Alaska soon.

The President has asked, he says we want to, again, make sure that we are doing things in the right areas.

When the Federal Government comes into land that has been federally designated, drills wells, walks away from it, leaves a mess, that that is the Federal Government's responsibility and that it should not then be on the shoulders of the…

The notion that the State must pay for the final lands entitled to it under the statehood act is equally wrongheaded.

You are Alaska's landlord, effectively.

They found that the EPA is using what they consider to be some overly optimistic forecasts that overstate the benefits of regulation and understates their cost.