Mark Begich actually said...

"The simplest thing we could do is just not appropriate it. Because all the contracts say, 'subject to appropriation.'"

"I'm telling you, it doesn't make sense to me and it doesn't make sense to taxpayers, when I talk to them."

"I agree on the last part."

"I will probably have a lot to say, especially to OMB, because I think they are sometimes confused on what Alaska is about."