"Our President-elect Obama has committed to support these initiatives."
"Our reliance upon foreign nations for a great deal of our energy needs is a problem we must solve."
"It's greatly appreciated."
"At the end of the day if you don't have longer term horizons on these tax credits we're not going to get the impact that you're looking to get."
"Just last week, I was able to travel to Juneau to present to the State of Alaska, with Senator Murkowski in attendance, this $500,000 per year award for three years, totaling $1.5 million."
"Whatever Republicans are saying in public, no one in either party ignores the political risk of facing voters next year, with so many Americans still at risk here in Iraq."
"I'm not convinced, as I look to the the -- the plan that the president presented yesterday, that what we're seeing is that much different than what we have been doing in the past."
"Federal dollars are still needed because Alaska is so huge and connecting those communities costs a fortune."
"I propose that management of the harvestable portion of the Tongass be returned to its original stewards--Alaska Natives--through a Native Stewardship Trust led by Sealaska."
"First, the federal government must quickly complete the land transfers to Native corporations it promised 30 years ago under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act."
"The Forest Service is hamstrung at every turn by activist lawsuits."