Frank Murkowski Quotes (23 Quotes)

If you tinker with it you so do, as I've indicated a long time ago, at your peril.

In the event California cannot repay generators for this power, the federal government is going to have to meet that obligation, because this was an order of the federal government,

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.

While we don't know whether the hard drives are lost, it gravely concerns me that they have even been displaced. If they can't keep track of this kind of information, it raises serious concerns about overall security.

If you believe this, you believe the world is flat, ... Because that's what some are suggesting The last thing California needs is more power plants. If there's anything California needs, its more energy and you don't get it from thin air.

You can set off bells when you walk out of a drugstore or department store with a tagged item,

The NRC is an expert, independent, nonpartisan body whose standards are based on solid research, consistent with the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences, ... I believe the industry has a very legitimate long-term concern over having to abide by EPA standards that are politically driven and not scientifically based.

Clearly, this is an extraordinary breach of national security, ... The last time we went through this with the Wen Ho Lee case, and now we find ourselves right back where we started.

When we had 10 a barrel a year ago, it was the market that was making the determination, ... To blame 'big oil' on profiteering is a little misleading ... the market is setting the price, not U.S. 'big oil.'

The last time we heard a justification that economic advances would be jeopardized if workers were treated properly was shortly before Appomattox.

The Republic of China of Taiwan is in need of resources and has to look at the markets of the world, ... We have the technology and the capability, but we don't have the markets here in Alaska.

it's more of a political problem than a waste problem.

The last thing California needs is more power plants.

We still have time, in my opinion, ... But it's premature to make any predictions until we have a contractual result.

We've got to talk to the FBI, we've got to talk to the Justice Department and get some explanations as to why on two occasions the Justice Department refused, absolutely refused, to grant the FBI the wiretap authority,

Balance is the key in my opinion at the Department of Interior, and I think that Ms. Norton will provide that balance,

I just want to make the record clear that this administration has basically passed on to taxpayers -- the entire United States -- the contingent liability associated with billions of dollars in power that was ordered by this administration to give California time to work out its problems,

One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.

I hope that the secretary will respond to these questions What did Secretary Richardson know, when did he know it and why isn't the secretary here to answer that question.

Let us hope the hard drives are found. We don't need another crisis at our nuclear weapons laboratory.

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.

Alaska has great potential for new oil and gas development.

Each side has made its position on the issues clear during the months of negotiations, ... I have delivered a fair contract proposal to the producers. Now is the time for a decision.