Mark Begich actually said...

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

"I agree on the last part."

"They do not necessarily like who you worked for. They do not like the policies of the OMB Director. They do not like the President."

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