Lisa Murkowski Quotes

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Lisa Murkowski

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 22, 1957

I don't pass the Tea Party's purity test.

Lisa Murkowski

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.

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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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I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell.

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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.

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Statutory authority to improve fuel economy has existed for 35 years at the Transportation Department, and it still exists today.

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I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold.

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I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.

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One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.

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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.

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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.

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I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.

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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.

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Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries.

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I am still a Republican. I have not changed that.

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