"I hate to use the word, but 'surplus' planes from the military that we--who knows what they were going to do with them."
"one thing I am always nervous about, to be frank with you, is another committee around this place, because we will committee stuff to death."
"I really do not see any other entity, aside from the Federal Government, that can really force people to the table to have that conversation."
"Does it need more? I am giving you a softball there."
"I do, because people I think did not understand what it was."
"This is our effort to move the Senate into the 21st Century as we do this testimony."
"For Alaska to have a fire of that magnitude in May is unheard of."
"This is a national issue that everybody has skin in the game on."
"I can tell you, when I said that--and I know Mayor Navarre was there when we were doing an incident press conference, and I said that."
"As a former mayor myself, I know firsthand how important it is to have personnel and resources to prevent and fight fires when they occur."
"Do we believe that we have good resources for their continued maintenance and upgrade?"