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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 working for my state first. "

" Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" We have so many issues in this country to focus on that worry us, that I question why there is such focus on the simple right of people to love whom they will. "

" 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. "

" For eight years, I've served on the Indian Affairs committee, two years as the ranking member. I've been on that committee since Day One. I will stay on the committee for as long as I'm in the Senate because of my commitment to making a difference for Alaska Natives. "

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

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

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

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

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

" It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent. "

" 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? "

" People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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