Lisa Murkowski

When we put in place in policies that say, 'OK, we're going to shorten your lease terms,' what does that do for you, from a business perspective?

I think we recognize that there's a need for balance in resource production with our responsibility to protect the environment.

I think industry would welcome the opportunity to demonstrate where it's being done right.

It's not only jobs, it's energy security for this Nation.

We have seen the impact in terms of the cost, the time lines. Resolution is multi-generational.

DTNA appreciates Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski for holding an important hearing on the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change.

You need a balanced approach that covers supply, demand, energy policy, security, climate, manufacturing.

We need to make sure that the options for energy generation in America grow and become more flexible, not less flexible.

We support congressional action on a climate bill, and we--promptly--that supports a diversified portfolio.

I think having that clarity will allow you to do, then, the long-term resource planning.

What do you need from Congress to give you that level of certainty to make these long-term investments in your businesses?

I'm very concerned about how we have this tendency to pick winners and losers within the industry.

I think, without exception, the comments have been that we have an available, secure supply of natural gas that can last for 100 or 150 years.

We believe this approach is the best to tackle climate change, enhance U.S. energy security, and meet the Nation's growing need for energy.

I think it's pretty clear that Congress does not need to pick between energy resources. Rather, we need to pick all of them, and proceed accordingly.

I think the purpose here is to simply examine how natural gas can serve as a complement to clean coal, to nuclear, to renewables, in an all-of-the-above energy policy.

I want to make sure that coal is not sterilized as a valuable energy resource.

I have made it very clear that any climate policy that decreases the use of natural gas would be a step backward, because natural gas is a natural ally of our low-carbon goals.

S. 1759 and H.R. 3750 would interfere with fulfillment of a long-deferred federal trust responsibility owed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

The bonding authority for tribes to be able to issue bonds to be able to finance these kinds of projects is also critical to the development of sustainability.

I appreciate the courtesy to my schedule.

The electrical grid needs a major overhaul in this Country.

There is certainly a recurring theme that each of you have raised.

Much of what we had hoped was going to materialize from that 2005 Energy Act, when it comes to the Indian energy title, we haven't seen.

We have a situation up in the State of Alaska right now.