Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.
Lisa Murkowski
What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain that was drunk. But when you look to how we have been safely producing and moving Alaska's oil for decades, it is a track record that is enviable.
I don't fit neatly into anybody's political boxes, and I think that sometimes disturbs people. But I don't think most Alaskans fit neatly into the Republican box or the Democratic box. They don't think of themselves that way.
We have so many issues in this country to focus on that worry us, that I question why there is such focus on the simple right of people to love whom they will.
Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I understand the complexity of a project like this, and I appreciate the investments that have been made in Alaska already. But a reliable timeline has been missing, and I hope that the companies will provide one soon.
I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.
I am still a Republican. I have not changed that.
I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican.
In order to represent the state, you've got to be in the state.
I believe it is important that Title X organizations continue to receive funding.
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
I think that the ability to export our abundant resources of LNG is good for us and quite honestly helps with the balance-of-trade issue. Japan would love to see LNG coming from its friend and closest ally, the United States.
I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate.
From 2002-2008, Planned Parenthood received $342 million in federal taxpayer money through Title X funding alone. With these funds, Planned Parenthood has provided women throughout the U.S. with important family planning and contraceptive services as well as screening for breast and cervical cancers for low-income women.
I'm not a gym rat. I've got a gym membership, but my schedule is so crazy I just can't keep it regular.
America's neighbors are not drilling for fun or for sport; they've chosen to proceed to create new jobs, generate new revenues, and increase the energy supply and prosperity of their citizens.
There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us.
I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.
We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.
I want to support John Boehner in any way that I can, but we need to be pragmatic.
Seniority actually means something in the Senate.
I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply.
We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore in the lower 48.
I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to perhaps handle situations a little bit different.
You've got to move us to these technologies that allow us to get to the clean-energy source. If we can't work to reduce the cost, you're not going to see them implemented unless there is a path of unlimited subsidies, and that's not doable, either. We can kick-start the research process, but we have to do that from a position of economic strength.
So much of what we do addresses the issues that are associated with climate change, whether it's working to reduce emissions, whether it's working to nail down our renewables, whether it's ensuring great efficiency in accessing all of our energy sources.
I've supported the repeal of ObamaCare.
We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking.
I've been working to make sure that we've got adequate transportation. I've been working to make sure that we can afford energy within our villages and in our communities.
We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around us does exactly that.
I've got two young sons who, when I ask them and their friends how they feel about gay marriage, kinda give me one of those looks like, 'Gosh, Mom, why are you even asking that question?'
We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.
I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.
When you put in place regulations that are so burdensome, so tough, so much so that they cripple your economy, we then don't have the resources to invest in technologies that are going to make that difference, because it's just going to shut everything down. That's not going to help us as an economy.
For eight years, I've served on the Indian Affairs committee, two years as the ranking member. I've been on that committee since Day One. I will stay on the committee for as long as I'm in the Senate because of my commitment to making a difference for Alaska Natives.
I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.
It is fundamentally important in our system of government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin may be.
What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?
I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'
I'm not a quitter - never have been.
It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent.
I will do everything, everything in my power, for as long as I am here, to enable the people of King Cove to receive proper emergency access that the rest of us take for granted.
What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.
I do believe that Planned Parenthood provides vital services to those in need and disagree with its funding cuts contained in the H.R. 1 package.
I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other.
Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries.
Alaskans deserve a fighter in the United States Senate who will always stand up for Alaska, who understands our great potential, who has the experience, respect and seniority to accomplish that. I am that senator.
Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.
I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office. Most in Alaska recognize our former governor is really not involved in or engaged in the state anymore, that she's moved to other interests.
