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Lisa Murkowski

Lisa Ann Murkowski is the senior United States Senator from the State of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. Murkowski has served in the Senate since 2002 and became the senior Senator after Ted Stevens, who served for over forty years, left office in January 2009 after losing a re-election bid. Born in Ketchikan, she is the daughter of former United States Senator and Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. She received her B.A. from Georgetown University and her J.D. from Willamette University College of Law. After working as an attorney, she was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998 and was eventually elected House Majority Leader. Murkowski was appointed to the United States Senate by her father to take the seat that Frank Murkowski vacated to take the governorship and was sworn in on December 20, 2002. Murkowski served the remainder of her father's unexpired term, electing to run for a full term in 2004 which she won. Murkowski decided to run for a second term in 2010 but was defeated by Tea Party candidate Joe Miller in the Republican primary.

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I believe that this President has committed an impeachable offense.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 8 days ago Politics

I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage, i think he should leave. He said hes not going to show up. Hes not going to appearat the inauguration. He hasnt been focused on what is going on with COVID.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 13 days ago Politics

I think he should leave. He said hes not going to show up. Hes not going to appearat the inauguration. He hasnt been focused on what is going on with COVID.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 13 days ago Politics

I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 14 days ago Politics

What we were able to do was just kind of present the whole proposal so no commitments back and forth -- but just kind of an explanation and walk through as to where we are.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 1 month ago Politics

Let me be clear : I did not misunderstand the Army Corps' recent announcement, i am not'em barrassed' by my statement on it, and I will not be' quiet in the corner.' I am dead set on a high bar for large-scale resource development in the Bristol Bay watershed. The reality of this situation is the Pebble project has not met that bar and a permit can not be issued to it.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 3 months ago Top News

Some of the things I find quite surprising and quite concerning.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 4 months ago Politics

Everybody -- we would like a little more certainty that we're gon na see that deal come together, come together quickly, so am I satisfied ? I guess, I have to say that's where we are. And I wish we were done with it. I wish we hadn't gotten to the point where we've seen the( unemployment insurance) lapse here and worry about every certain provision.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 5 months ago Politics

I was really thankful. I thought General Mattis' words were true, and honest and necessary and overdue, and, I have been struggling for the right words, and I was encouraged a couple of nights ago when I was able to read what President Bush had written. And I found that to be empowering for me as one leader.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long time I think you know that. I didn't support the President in the initial election, and I work hard to try to make sure that I'm able to represent my state well that I'm able to work with any administration and any president, he is our duly elected President I will continue to work with him. I will continue to work with this administration but I think right now as we are all struggling to find ways to express the words that need to be expressed appropriately, questions about who I'm going to vote for not going to vote for I think are distracting at the moment.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

I've had so much drama today.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 11 months ago Top News

Will I share it with you tonight? I've had so much drama today, I'm just going to chill. How's that? Was that fair?

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 11 months ago Top News

It has also become clear some of my colleagues intend to further politicize this process, and drag the Supreme Court into the fray, while attacking the Chief Justice, i will not stand for nor support that effort. We have already degraded this institution for partisan political benefit, and I will not enable those who wish to pull down another.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 11 months ago Top News

I said before I was curious about what John Bolton might have to say. I'm still curious.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 12 months ago Top News

The White House made a decision that they didn't want to slow things down by having to go through the courts, and yet now they're basically saying you guys got ta go through the courts. We didn't, but we need you to.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

From a national security perspective, when you are vulnerable, as the United States is and many of our friends and allies are, on a resource that you need, that is a weakness, we don't want that weakness to be exposed.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

Our challenge is still a failure to understand the vulnerability we are in as a nation when it comes to reliance on others for our minerals.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

It is important for us around here to make sure that we don't distract from those pragmatic, practical solutions. That we don't amp the rhetoric up so high that we can't get ourselves to a place where we can work cooperatively, collaboratively, to get to these solutions.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

He urged us to remain unified.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

What I think we all need to do now is to wait and see exactly what comes back. I don't know what's going to be in it. I don't know that anybody knows what's going to be in it so I'm not going to speculate. I'm going to wait.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We are now in a place where it’s not about whether or not Judge Kavanaugh is qualified, it is about whether or not a woman who has been a victim at some point in her life is to be believed.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I'm going to go home, have dinner and have a chance to think about all that's gone on today.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

So comments that go to other aspects, questioning the judgment, I don't believe they are helpful, and quite frankly, I wish the President had continued what he has been doing, which is basically allowing the Senate Judiciary Committee and Judiciary Committee to proceed with Senate Judiciary Committee work as Senate Judiciary Committee needs to do.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I think it's important to realize, as has been said before, when a nominee is advanced there is an The FBI review background investigation that comes. In fact, with Judge Judge Kavanaugh, because Judge Kavanaugh has been a nominee on multiple occasions now, Judge Kavanaugh's actually had six different The FBI reviews, if you will, the FBI basically doesn't make a determination on this as matter. ... So I think right now where we are is you have a committee process that needs to advance, again to allow this story to be told, and responded to appropriately.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Farmers are hit, but there are a lot of others that are hit by these tariffs as well, i've got a seafood industry up north that is not considered to be farmers -- we're farmers of the sea -- but the impact to the seafood industry is pretty significant... as is the impact on the energy industries, so where do you draw the line ?

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I don't have an impression on Judge Kavanaugh as to where Judge Kavanaugh may fall on the issue of abortion as well as the many other issues that I will weigh as we move forward with this process, so again, that's why I think all of us need to be doing our due diligence.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I find it somewhat troubling that even before the President named Judge Kavanaugh that there were those who were roundly condemning the nominee without knowing who the nominee is, i think that there is a process -- that process needs to be fair, it needs to be open. We all, every member of the United States Senate has an equal obligation to thoroughly vet this nominee. And we will come down on one side or the other but in due deference to the nominee and in due deference to the president's prerogative to name a nominee. We have an obligation to thoroughly work through this advice and consent process.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We've done some of our own background on some of the opinion that he has written. But my first look is that he certainly has the qualifications, but I know that there will be further process, there's a lot of work to be done before I think a real, fair analysis of Judge Judge Kavanaugh and Judge Kavanaugh qualifications to serve on our highest court.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

And that's kind of how we have approached the issues that we've been working on.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I think we all know that there is no one single initiative that is going to be able to stop what happened in Florida or what has happened in — unfortunately — far too many other areas, where, again, you think there’s a level of safety and security and there’s not.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

Portman is the fourth Republican to push back on the plan by McConnell, R-Ky. Previously, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins signaled they also oppose legislation that would repeal ObamaCare without offering a replacement. As I stated earlier this year, I can not vote to proceed to repeal the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] without reform that allows people the choice they want, the affordability they need and the quality of care they deserve.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

Portman is the fourth Republican to push back on the plan by McConnell( R-Ky.) . Previously, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins signaled they also oppose legislation that would repeal ObamaCare without offering a replacement. As I stated earlier this year, I can not vote to proceed to repeal the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] without reform that allows people the choice they want, the affordability they need and the quality of care they deserve.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

President Trump tweeted. But McConnell may not have the votes for this effort either : West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins have all signaled they are against legislation that would repeal ObamaCare without offering a replacement. As I stated earlier this year, I can not vote to proceed to repeal the ACA without reform that allows people the choice they want, the affordability they need and the quality of care they deserve.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

I, for one, do not believe that Planned Parenthood has any place in our deliberations on the Affordable Care Act, taxpayer dollars should never be used to pay for abortions, but I will not vote to deny Alaskans access to the health services that Planned Parenthood provides.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

To me, there is little point in conserving lands or allowing the federal government to acquire even more land if we are not going to take proper care of them.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Environment

I do believe that the nominee should get a hearing, that doesn't necessarily mean that that ends up in a vote. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether or not this individual, based on their record, should be named to the highest court of the land.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We found common ground in many areas, more, perhaps, than any of us expected.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

As we are struggling to add one ... the Russians are building 14.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

An announcement is good, but what you really need is the money behind it.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

There are indications that no such transactions may have actually been approved.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

We are letting Iran export its oil to markets that we prevent our own companies from accessing, any deal that lifts sanctions on Iranian oil will disadvantage American companies unless we lift the antiquated ban on our own oil exports.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

We are letting Iran export its oil to markets that we prevent our own companies from accessing, any deal that lifts sanctions on Iranian oil will disadvantage American companies unless we lift the antiquated ban on our own oil exports. And Murkowski’s committee held a hearing June 9 on a bill that she and Sen. Heitkamp, North Dakota Democrat, have co-sponsored on lifting the ban. However, a top Senate staff told FoxNews.com after the Iran deal was struck Tuesday that Murkowski has no intentions of holding up a major foreign policy vote or international trade legislation over lifting the ban, likely references to the Trans-Pacific Partnershippact being debated in Congress and the upcoming votes on the Iran nuclear deal. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this spring that Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz does n’t think.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I have tried to work with this administration, even though they've made it extremely difficult every step of the way, but those days are officially over. We are left with no choice but to hit back as hard as we can.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

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