Lisa Murkowski

We know what it is means to lose languages at a rapid pace.

I think it is helpful to give a little bit of background.

Chairman Murkowski was talking about the valley of death, in terms of these investments that are large, they're long-term...

But in my mind, I still go back to Wrangell where we have eight beds, where your staff is limited, and yet the requirements are as significant as they are for a major hospital in Seattle.

There has just been--there is so much frustration that goes on, not only on the patient side, but administratively.

We would welcome that input as they do work forward on this strategy.

I sent a letter to Administrator Verma suggesting that there is no one rural lens.

There is no such thing as too much fish.

Thank you, Senator. It is such an important question. When we think about the administrative burden it sounds so technical, but at the end of the day, it all comes back to the individual, the patient, and their families.

I want to thank Senator Murkowski for her interest in this issue.

I know of no further debate on the bill. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There being no further debate, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 2779), as amended, was passed.

These tariffs are doing real harm to the Alaska seafood industry, in at least three ways.

But some of those existing funds in the agriculture--in the--for instance, in the purchase and distribution program, have been used in the past to actually help Alaskan markets purchase surplus that is then donated.

So we need to know whether or not we're going to--we know that we've been impacted, so if there is going to be some relief, one would assume that somebody has looked critically at these definitions to determine, 'Okay, who's eligible for…

This is a very, very, very significant industry in the country.

Is it my understanding that any of this $12 billion in aid that is directed to agricultural commodities, I look at that and I don't see that there would be any allowance for our fishermen.

What is the plan? Because we don't see--we thought we had a pretty good plan, we were working towards it, and now everything has been pulled back.

Our seafood industry is our--the number one industry, private industry, in terms of the jobs and the economic opportunity that it brings.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 10 a.m…

I thank my colleague, the ranking member on the Appropriations Committee again. We don't get to the place where we are today or to a level of consensus without getting a lot of good, hard work done. I appreciate his commitment in working…

I do not think that is a fair use of the taxpayer money to give these oil companies a huge tax break

That bill was smart minerals policy because it demonstrated that efficient, predictable management of U.S. mineral supplies and protecting America's land and water are not mutually exclusive.

My concern is if China ultimately responds to tariffs by restricting our supply of rare earths, or any number of other minerals, the U.S. could be in serious trouble.

I want to thank those Senators who co-sponsored and supported my recent amendment to the NDAA.

While we continue to discuss it, the United States' dependence on foreign minerals has continued to increase.