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" I have nice watches. I don't set them. "
Lisa Murkowski
Them
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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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" I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold. "
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" We talk a lot in Congress about how we're going to encourage more development in renewables, and we put in place a subsidy that's good for two years. Then Congress argues and bickers over whether or not we're going to extend it. As a consequence, nothing happens because we've put so much uncertainty into the prospect of these subsidies. "
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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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Society
Marriage
" If there is one belief that unifies most Alaskans - our true north - it is less government and more freedom. We don't want the government in our pockets or our bedrooms; we certainly don't need it in our families. "
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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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" We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense. "
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" I don't pass the Tea Party's purity test. "
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Tea
" 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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Vote
Opportunity
Government
" 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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Think
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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 don't have the resources to invest in technologies that are going to make that difference, because it's just going to shut everything down. That's not going to help us as an economy. "
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You
Down
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" What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission? "
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Washington
Important
" We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate. "
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Book
Run
Write
" The thought of losing Ted Stevens, a man who was known to business and community leaders, Native chiefs and everyday Alaskans as Uncle Ted, is too difficult to fathom. He truly was the greatest of the Greatest Generation. "
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Man
Losing
Business
" Alaskans need some certainty and clarity over how the Pebble Partnership intends to proceed. I understand the complexity of a project like this, and I appreciate the investments that have been made in Alaska already. But a reliable timeline has been missing, and I hope that the companies will provide one soon. "
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Clarity
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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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Future
Hope
You
" 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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Guilt
Just
Most
" I've supported the repeal of ObamaCare. "
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Repeal
Supported
Obamacare
" I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "
Lisa Murkowski
Life
God
Government
" I am not looking for a pound of flesh from Sally Jewell. "
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I Am
Am
Sally
" Our hunting areas are the grocery store. "
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Grocery Store
Hunting
Our
" It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.' "
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Government
Back
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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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Real
Republican
Define
" 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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Experience
Stand
Respect
" Keep in mind, our demographics of our state, how it breaks down in terms of political affiliation: over half the people in this state chose not to align themselves with any party at all. "
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People
Party
Mind
" I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman. "
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Should
Woman
I Believe
" One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority. "
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Clearly
Thing
One Thing
" 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 reduce the cost, you're not going to see them implemented unless there is a path of unlimited subsidies, and that's not doable, either. We can kick-start the research process, but we have to do that from a position of economic strength. "
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Path
Strength
Process
" I look at my cell phone to see what time it is where I am, and then you behave accordingly. If people are eating, it must be time to eat. "
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I Am
People
Phone
" 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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King
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