Frank Murkowski

“We have an opportunity, but we have a responsibility to develop our resources in an environmentally responsible manner.”

“My responsibility is to the people of Alaska. I'm not a national figure. I'm a local boy.”

“We're going to see that mountain, and we're going to see it unimpeded.”

“It is simply unacceptable that we have to rely on foreign sources of oil.”

“The state has an owner's interest in the oil and gas resources.”

“You can't have a strong economy without a strong energy base.”

“The Tongass is not a theme park. It's a working forest.”

“We must have an energy policy that is based on reality, not on rhetoric.”