Lisa Murkowski Quotes (19 Quotes)

Others warned the administration against pressing too hard. If we go into it with the attitude of 'Okay, we've got a deal, now here are the terms of how we move forward' and push it . . . I think it may be a bit too much, ... We need to remember how tenuous this agreement really is.

I want to make sure that my children and all the kids have absolutely the greatest educational opportunity that we can give them.

Several agreed that the concentration of refineries had created a dangerous dependence on the gulf region to process a large share of the nation's fuel supplies. We are just in the beginning of the hurricane season, ... What happens if there is another hurricane

We can develop ANWR oil without harm to the environment and to the wildlife that live there,

We haven't done what we need to do in this country to increase our supply.

The public opinion polls, particularly after (Hurricane) Katrina, have established the American public is in support of opening ANWR to limited exploration and development,

We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.

Together we have to let the nation in on a valuable secret When it comes to our natural resources, Alaskans know what we're doing.

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.

It's a bridge to the future of the people of Ketchikan,

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

I think we'll be able to go into that in full detail and shed an awful lot of light on their rationale as well as ours as soon as we get this before the public,

I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.

In some people's mind, the father-daughter connection is a liability. I am working very hard to let people know that I am not a clone of Frank Murkowski.

Last year, the Ninth Circuit had a caseload nearly 60 percent larger than the next largest circuit, ... This causes delays in a circuit where the average disposition time is now five months longer than the national average.

I'm excited about what I have to offer. Not only a little bit of youth, but a different perspective as a woman.

Planning is the essence of good management and when it comes to health care we must allow states to plan for future needs. We need to cement this federal commitment to Alaskans so the state has the assurance that money vital for providing Medicaid health care will not just dry up and disappear.

Alaska's contribution to America's freedom isn't just the oil we provide or the food we harvest from the seas or our location which is the best in the world for our military. It is more than that. It begins with the fact that Alaskans are free-thinkers.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.