Mark Begich actually said...

"I think that's important for the North Slope Borough and the communities of the North Slope to have access to high-level people that make management decisions about what's happening in the OCS."

"Will you have a presentation at some point, or maybe we can encourage it, something that occurs that says, OK, if we had XYZ additional, it would help us..."

"I also agree with you on the Law of the Sea. This is a critical piece, for us to understand our own sovereignty."

"I just saw a great programming that KIC is doing, and it's exactly what you just described."