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Lisa Murkowski

(1957) Politician United States

101 quotes in 403 categories

Lisa Murkowski works on getting reliable transportation and affordable energy for remote villages. She talks about continuing the legacy of past leaders while tackling climate change and reducing emissions. She also stresses that America’s strength comes from many different perspectives and that voting rights helped end a painful era.

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Lisa Murkowski is a politician from the United States, best known for Far from Home.

Quick Facts About Lisa Murkowski

Born: May 22, 1957
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Far from Home
Spouse: Verne Martell

About Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician who has served as Alaska's senior United States senator since 2002. She was the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress and is the Senate's second‑most senior Republican woman. After the death of Representative Don Young, Murkowski became the dean of Alaska's congressional delegation.

Awards & Honors

Alaska Women's Hall of Fame Knights of the Order of the Falcon

Quotes by Lisa Murkowski

I have nice watches. I don't set them.

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Seniority actually means something in the Senate.

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I am working for Alaska's best interests.

Alaska

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The war against terrorism is one we must win.

Israel

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One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.

Alaskans

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I'm working for my state first.

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Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance

Freedom

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I'm not a quitter - never have been.

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

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We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore in the lower 48.

Alaska

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Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.

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I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.

Alaskans

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I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up…

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A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

Basic research

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

Gold

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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…

Alaska

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Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about…

Alaska

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How we move forward with a level of R&D support that will be meaningful allows us to really build on and enhance…

Climate

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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…

Energy

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We have so many issues in this country to focus on that worry us, that I question why there is such focus…

Country

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Any efforts or opportunity to expand the civil bonds and rights to anyone that wants to build a stable, happy household should…

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Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming…

Coming together

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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…

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You've got to move us to these technologies that allow us to get to the clean-energy source. If we can't work to…

Clean energy

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I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone…

America

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Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I understand the complexity of a project like…

Certainty

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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…

Abortion

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When you put in place regulations that are so burdensome, so tough, so much so that they cripple your economy, we then…

Economics

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What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain…

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I'm a firm believer that if you put together a good product that is just good policy, that is embraced by both…

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I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office.…

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

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

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I've supported the repeal of ObamaCare.

Health

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

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

Alaskans

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

Party

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Our hunting areas are the grocery store.

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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…

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Lisa Murkowski by topic

Climate (16)