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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 wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate. "

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

Do The Right Thing

" 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. "

" I am working for Alaska's best interests. "

" I'm working for my state first. "

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

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

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

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

" I do believe that Planned Parenthood provides vital services to those in need and disagree with its funding cuts contained in the H.R. 1 package. "

" 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 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. "

" You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation. "

" With the notion of marriage - an exclusive, emotional, binding 'til death do you part' tie - becoming more and more an exception to the rule given a rise in cohabitation and high rates of divorce, why should the federal government be telling adults who love one another that they cannot get married simply because they happen to be gay? "

" 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. "

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

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

" I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman. "

" Like the majority of Alaskans, I supported a constitutional amendment in 1998 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, but my thinking has evolved as America has witnessed a clear cultural shift. "

" I will be sent back to Washington, D.C., with the grace of God and all the Alaskan voters out there because all Alaskans have asked me to go back and continue my service. "

" So much of what we do addresses the issues that are associated with climate change, whether it's working to reduce emissions, whether it's working to nail down our renewables, whether it's ensuring great efficiency in accessing all of our energy sources. "

" I'm a firm believer that if you put together a good product that is just good policy, that is embraced by both sides so that it is seen as politically advantageous to the Republicans or Democrats, that even in this very polarized partisan world that you can advance legislation. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't want to get up every morning. "

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

" 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 did not believe and I do not believe that Planned Parenthood should be defunded. "

Planned Parenthood

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

" What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state. "

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

" 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. "

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