3 Greenpeace activists ended up being apprehended Monday as soon as their balloon-powered banner mocking Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was brought in the Senate Hart Office Building.
Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, a Capitol Police spokeswoman, stated that they might be charged with unlawful conduct, protesting inside a Capitol building.
The banner that floated to the ceiling of the building’s 90-foot atrium said “Lisa Murkowski, Happily matched since 2004″ and contain the logos of 3 companies: Exxon, Chevron along with Southern Co.
Greenpeace spokesman Joe Smyth claimed that Greenpeace was demonstrating the link involving Murkowski and polluters.
Murkowski spokesman Michael Brumas stated that, “This is another frantic effort by an external group to divert from the merits of the debate. Sen. Murkowski has genuine worries regarding the economic consequences of EPA moderating greenhouse gases as well as believes the U . s citizens need a extensive debate on the subject. It is regrettable that a number of radical groups take part in breaking the law to try and suppress that debate.”
Smyth recognized the 3 who had been caught as Rachel Humphreys and Alec Rothman of Washington, D.C., and Samantha Corbin of New York City.

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