Mark Begich actually said...

I think it's an important issue.

I believe the ban would as Senator Begich suggested, slow down the process to a point whereby more relevant agencies could have an opportuni...

the reason you've had 16 months of public deliberation on this, at least the information, is because back in August, September of last year,...

Even--you don't spend a half million dollars just because people bring up an issue and you want to just do it.