Mark Begich actually said...

"Can you give me--and I know it is hard without knowing some of the comments that come in..."

"That, to me, has been a huge plus for us in Alaska and it's had some ability to move some things that may be not as fast in the past."

"Senator Begich wrote in a recent letter to President Obama."

"I just have a couple of quick questions. One is on the general issue of resource development within Alaska, maybe mining, oil and gas, and so forth."