Mark Begich actually said...

"We've seen a fourfold increase of traffic going through the Bering Strait, and the potential for disaster, pollution disaster, is really, I think, more likely from ships colliding or a ship running ag..."

"it does beg the question, first off, it's more than 2012, which is good. Less than 2013, which is bad, I think we would say."

"While drilling poses some challenges, really, my biggest concern right now is the increase of traffic through the Bering Strait."

"I have seen some of that housing, and you actually had to live in it at times, and I know that, and there is a great need there."