Lisa Murkowski

We do need to be conscientious about our budgets.

Well, and I think we recognize whether it is Alaska Natives or we see with our American Indians, when we can incorporate the native culture into the education, I think we are seeing a resurgence in interest in what is going on in the…

Got to have some flexibility there somewhere.

I am a big proponent of language in the schools, immersion languages in the schools.

I would like to welcome both nominees for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

I do think it would be useful, as you asked, to have Congress give FERC some guidance on this issue.

It is a critical study, and I greatly anticipate it.

I want to thank you for your very open-door policy, the conversations that you have had...

I just want to thank you for that and just urge you, as a commissioner, and Ms. LaFleur...

I'd like to thank Chairman Harkin and Senators Murkowski, Brown, Casey, and Bennet for their leadership on efforts to improve the nutritional content of school meals provided by the Federal school lunch program.

I think it is difficult for people who have not been out to some of our villages, been out to rural Alaska and had an opportunity to appreciate the difficulties that are faced with just the day to day living and the expenses that are…

It is a fact of what we deal with, and your testimony this morning was very important in trying to convey some of the challenges that you face.

You are the village store. You have to think about what your community is going to need because you have one barge.

We must work together to promote energy development that respects tribal sovereignty.

We look forward to recognizing their accomplishments because they are significant.

Obviously, the cost of energy is a key issue up there, but even more so, the opportunity to provide the Air Force with a fuel source that could be ready and affordable is something that we all want to focus on.

I would appreciate that, and if we can give you more specifics to which to respond, we will do so.

And I think part of this issue was, again, it was a contractor who brought up folks from outside.

In just a few weeks here, the Elmendorf Air Force Base is slated to receive the Commander-in-Chief Award from the Secretary of Defense.

It has been an issue that has generated some controversy and a great deal of discussion.

Well, we continue at the State level to try to do what we can to further open up training ranges.

The opportunity for the Air Force, the Army, now the Navy to conduct synchronized training free from encroachments is a real asset.

I was just visited yesterday in my office by some in the Alaska construction trades that are concerned that some of the contractors that utilize construction workers on Alaska Army bases may be engaging in this process of misclassification.

We look forward to continuing to work closely with the dedicated men and women of the USFS.

So, again, we're focusing on a tiny part of the problem--health care insurance company profits--and ignoring the health care delivery system.