Mark Begich actually said...

I want to let you know, in the state legislature in Alaska, they've allocated I think just shy of $2 million.

we need to know what resources you need, and then we have to make a broader policy discussion in our budgets

if we don't know what that end is, we don't know if we're really fully, if we're at 70 percent of your mission, 60 percent, 80 percent.

We need a deepwater port up there--not only for the industry, but for the Coast Guard, and oil spill technology.