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.
I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other.
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'm not a quitter - never have been.
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.
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.
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.
I've got two young sons who, when I ask them and their friends how they feel about gay marriage, kinda give me one of those looks like, 'Gosh, Mom, why are you even asking that question?'
We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.
What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?
If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.
Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries.
I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'
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.
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 am still a Republican. I have not changed that.
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.
America's neighbors are not drilling for fun or for sport; they've chosen to proceed to create new jobs, generate new revenues, and increase the energy supply and prosperity of their citizens.
In order to represent the state, you've got to be in the state.
Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.
