Mark Begich actually said...

"Ultimately, though, we hope that the White House work on a national strategy... will help to reinforce those priorities."

"And do you feel the other countries are participating in a way that is going to produce an end product?"

"the timetable of how you do this permitting is critical, because you can literally be off a few months and change a year or a year-and-a-half of development"

"The highest probability of incidents is clearly in the increased maritime traffic across the board."