Lisa Murkowski Quotations

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

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

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

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.

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.

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.

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'

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.

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

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 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,

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

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.

What we anticipate to get out of ANWR would be the equivalent of the Texas oilfields, ... To those suggesting Texas is insignificant in terms of its contribution, we would say that is crazy.

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

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.

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

It's not in law, but was very clearly made part of the record,

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

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.

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.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance

Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about it. For too long, we have been providing protection to the wrong people.