Lisa Murkowski Quotes

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Lisa Murkowski

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 22, 1957

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.

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I am working for Alaska's best interests.

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I'm working for my state first.

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It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent.

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You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation.

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We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

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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.

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What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.

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I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I believe it is important that Title X organizations continue to receive funding.

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I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican.

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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.

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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.

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Our hunting areas are the grocery store.

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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.

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If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.

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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.

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