Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Lisa Murkowski
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
With the notion of marriage - an exclusive, emotional, binding 'til death do you part' tie - becoming more and more an exception to the rule given a rise in cohabitation and high rates of divorce, why should the federal government be telling adults who love one another that they cannot get married simply because they happen to be gay?
Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.
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.
You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation.
In order to represent the state, you've got to be in the state.
I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply.
What you get when you elect Lisa Murkowski is you get somebody who builds on that legacy that Ted Stevens built for our state for 40 years that continues on that path, that trajectory, to helping a young state like Alaska build us out.
The war against terrorism is one we must win.
I don't pass the Tea Party's purity test.
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.
Like the majority of Alaskans, I supported a constitutional amendment in 1998 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, but my thinking has evolved as America has witnessed a clear cultural shift.
I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.
What I look at is, do you represent the values of the state of Alaska? Do you represent the people here in terms of what it is that they need, they hope for, what they hope for their future? And Joe Miller simply does not represent that.
There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, and it's just figuring out which is the most appropriate approach and then implementing it.
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.
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.
If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.
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've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that.
We do not have the transportation infrastructure that all you in the lower 48 have. We don't have energy grids that tie us in.
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.
Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.
I have nice watches. I don't set them.
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.
We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.
What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.
I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well.
I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name.
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.
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.
When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.
Our hunting areas are the grocery store.
I'm working for my state first.
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.
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.
I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less.
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 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.
I believe it is important that Title X organizations continue to receive funding.
I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'
We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.
Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.
One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.
I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell.
It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent.
To most Alaskans, Clinton is remembered as being the one individual who has shut Alaska down by vetoing ANWR when we successfully moved it through the Congress.
Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.
Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.
I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold.
I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican.
We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.
I am working for Alaska's best interests.
I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.
Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.
I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'
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.
Keep in mind, our demographics of our state, how it breaks down in terms of political affiliation: over half the people in this state chose not to align themselves with any party at all.
People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa.
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