Mark Begich actually said...

"Can I get a commitment from you that you will reexamine the decision of the hiring freeze and how they are handling furloughs in the Weather Service?"

"I want to make that clear."

"This is not the best way to do it. It is going to have a negative impact on the outcome, the product that we need for situations like in Oklahoma or Sandy and otherwise."

"I want to just say that when you start to talk about Pebble Mine, a mine in Alaska, we would encourage you to talk to us also."