Frank Murkowski Quotations

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.

One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.

Alaska has great potential for new oil and gas development.

When we had $10 a barrel a year ago, it was the market that was making the determination, ... To blame 'big oil' on profiteering is a little misleading ... the market is setting the price, not U.S. 'big oil.'

We've got a veto threat but we've also got a responsibility to the American taxpayer,

Let us hope the hard drives are found. We don't need another crisis at our nuclear weapons laboratory.

We still have time, in my opinion, ... But it's premature to make any predictions until we have a contractual result.

The question is, How do you separate the needy from those who just want a $2,000 handout,

While we don't know whether the hard drives are lost, it gravely concerns me that they have even been displaced. If they can't keep track of this kind of information, it raises serious concerns about overall security.

These new programs and incentives will help us to, first, find, develop, deliver and conserve our domestic energy resources. The goal in doing so: We will reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil to less than 50 percent by 2010 to protect our energy security. And yes - ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Reserve) will be a part of the legislation,

Any increase in oil production will just go to meet increased demand that has already taken place, ... Thus, any increase will not result in significant price reductions to consumers ... at best it will just keep them from continuing to spiral out of sight.

Balance is the key in my opinion at the Department of Interior, and I think that Ms. Norton will provide that balance,

Alaska's gas has been stranded because the economics weren't there to support development, ... But now that's changed.

The Republic of China of Taiwan is in need of resources and has to look at the markets of the world, ... We have the technology and the capability, but we don't have the markets here in Alaska.

it's more of a political problem than a waste problem.

The NRC is an expert, independent, nonpartisan body whose standards are based on solid research, consistent with the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences, ... I believe the industry has a very legitimate long-term concern over having to abide by EPA standards that are politically driven and not scientifically based.

Each side has made its position on the issues clear during the months of negotiations, ... I have delivered a fair contract proposal to the producers. Now is the time for a decision.

The last thing California needs is more power plants.

I just want to make the record clear that this administration has basically passed on to taxpayers -- the entire United States -- the contingent liability associated with billions of dollars in power that was ordered by this administration to give California time to work out its problems,

I hope that the secretary will respond to these questions: What did Secretary Richardson know, when did he know it and why isn't the secretary here to answer that question?

If you believe this, you believe the world is flat, ... Because that's what some are suggesting: The last thing California needs is more power plants. If there's anything California needs, its more energy and you don't get it from thin air.

In the event California cannot repay generators for this power, the federal government is going to have to meet that obligation, because this was an order of the federal government,

If you tinker with it you so do, as I've indicated a long time ago, at your peril.

I guess we can all conclude we've lost a giant in the sense of the contribution he made to our state, ... He was a philosopher, a guide, a pilot, a poet, a visionary. ... His contribution is evident when every Alaskan receives a Permanent Fund dividend.

Clearly, this is an extraordinary breach of national security, ... The last time we went through this with the Wen Ho Lee case, and now we find ourselves right back where we started.

By this letter I wish to formally notify you that I will continue to withhold my consent to the proposed realignment of Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage and the 'warm storage' of Eielson Air Force Base until I receive assurances that the mission of the Air National Guard will not be compromised in Alaska,

You can set off bells when you walk out of a drugstore or department store with a tagged item.

The dividend is vitally important to the dreams and needs of Alaskans and the economic vitality of the state,

The last time we heard a justification that economic advances would be jeopardized if workers were treated properly was shortly before Appomattox.