Mark Begich actually said...

"I appreciate it. My point is at any level trying to inform the consumer is what I--when I saw the hearing on the schedule, to me is very important."

"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?"