Mark Begich actually said...

With gasoline prices averaging $3.65 in the lower 48 states and unemployment around 9 percent, Alaska is here to help.

I am proud to co-sponsor Senator Murkowski's bills that would allow responsible oil and gas development in the Arctic refuge.

We can offer relief to consumers at the pump, provide well paying jobs in Alaska and the Lower 48 and help our $15 trillion deficit.

Alaska has enormous resources--ANWR, NPRA, Chukchi, Beaufort--to offer a nation hungry for affordable energy and good paying jobs.