We’re lawmakers. We should be legislating. What we’re getting now is a direction from the White House and being told, ‘T...
I don’t accept that. I’m going to be voting no.
We are lawmakers. We should be legislating.
I hope you feel the urgency that I’m trying to express on behalf of the people in rural Alaska and I think in many parts...
I know why it is that I do the things that I do.
It is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety ...
My political philosophy is simple. I work for these people.
this was one of the hardest votes
Legislating, for me, is not transactional. I need to believe in the decisions I make.
While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all...
What’s good for Alaska is not necessarily good for the country; this bill is not good for many Americans in the country.
I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans who are not going to be advantaged by this bill.
agonizing
My sincere hope is that this is not the final product.
I had to look on balance, because the people in my state are the ones that I put first.
I strongly support women’s reproductive freedoms, including the right to abortion established by Roe and Casey.
I advocated for my state’s interests.
I needed to make sure that Alaska’s interests were represented.
