Mark Begich actually said...

"Thank you very much. Thanks for being here."

"I always get nervous--no disrespect, Dr. Lubchenco--when administrators use the word soon."

"we're doing some new initiatives. We could argue that new initiatives are important."

"the legal catches by Russia on crab, for example, was probably, in the last 10 years, costs Alaska fishermen over a half a billion, $500 million over the last 10 years."