Mark Begich actually said...

"I think part of the problem is NOAA stepping into this arena is one that we are not very familiar with."

"How do you respond to that? And maybe you cannot."

"If Homeland Security and the military did not know the ship was this close to the United States and it was just floating unmanned--I doubt they did not know this."

"this Senator is going to continue to push until NOAA responds in the appropriate way of giving our coastal communities the answers that they deserve."