Frank Murkowski
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowskiis an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth Governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
responsibility threat veto
We've got a veto threat but we've also got a responsibility to the American taxpayer,
crisis drives hard hope nuclear weapons
Let us hope the hard drives are found. We don't need another crisis at our nuclear weapons laboratory.
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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.
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The dividend is vitally important to the dreams and needs of Alaskans and the economic vitality of the state,
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The last time we heard a justification that economic advances would be jeopardized if workers were treated properly was shortly before Appomattox.
economics gas stranded support
Alaska's gas has been stranded because the economics weren't there to support development, ... But now that's changed.
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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,
needy question separate
The question is, How do you separate the needy from those who just want a $2,000 handout,
premature until
We still have time, in my opinion, ... But it's premature to make any predictions until we have a contractual result.
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One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.
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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.'