Mark Begich actually said...

"I believe that this is actually an opportunity to have a productive Federal-State dialogue about practices in either State waters that affect Federal waters or Federal waters that affect State waters."

"It is great to be on this committee."

"Will you use your office to lead this effort, once and for all, to get a combined effort from a budgetary standpoint and from reaching the policy goals?"

"I should announce, incidentally, before I call on Senator Snowe, that both Senator Hutchison and I read the FBI checks on these two distinguished folks, and it is some of the easiest reading I have ev..."