Mark Begich actually said...

"I was just over the area probably now 2 weeks ago with the Secretary of Interior and we flew to the Arctic."

"the Federal Government had a hand in this."

"Our greatest risks are the ones that we do not anticipate and for which we do not prepare."

"We can fly to the moon, put things on Mars. We can go to the bottom of the ocean. We can drill 5,000 feet under the ocean floor, but when it rains in Washington, you can not get a plane off the ground..."