"I think the services are important. My worry is the time gap, especially with chiropractic care."
"You don't think that bill is necessary, if I read the notes right."
"I think it is a very intriguing project that would make sense to our veterans because they might get care from two providers--private as well as VA--so they can measure apples to apples."
"I'm a co-sponsor of both of these measures and support your speedy passage of both."
"ANCSA may be history for many in Congress, but the Act continues to define daily life in my State 40 years after its passage."
"I hope that the Departments don't use precedent-setting as the only reason."
"In conversation between two Alaskans you're likely to get three more opinions on the same subject, so when we see a consensus the deal is obviously a good one."
"I understand the mathematical issue of how much acres is available, how much they selected and what is left to select, but the question is the quality of the land."
"We believe that Alaskans' daily connection to our lands is more intense than most of America."
"The whole purpose under ANCSA was to allow for economic opportunities to proceed and that, as Senator Begich has mentioned, is so integrated to the land."
"For Alaskans, it's critical that we come to agreement on this issue of the Sealaska lands bill so we can move forward on the larger issues of the future of Tongass."