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" Seniority actually means something in the Senate. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I was returned to the Senate by the people of Alaska, and I have an obligation to all of them - it's not an obligation to my party; it's an obligation to Alaskans. "

" 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. "

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

" I want to support John Boehner in any way that I can, but we need to be pragmatic. "

" One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a gym rat. I've got a gym membership, but my schedule is so crazy I just can't keep it regular. "

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

" I think that the ability to export our abundant resources of LNG is good for us and quite honestly helps with the balance-of-trade issue. Japan would love to see LNG coming from its friend and closest ally, the United States. "

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

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

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

" I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Our hunting areas are the grocery store. "

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

" The war against terrorism is one we must win. "

" 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. "

" What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission? "

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