Political Quotes

“I came to the floor of the Senate last night to talk about a big choice President Biden was going to make today. Unfortunately, he made the wrong choice for America, for our allies, for Alaska, for my constituents. The choice was whether he was going to make a big decision to shut down two of the biggest resource development areas in America, a place we call the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in the Ambler Mining District of Alaska, some of the biggest deposits of critical minerals in America--in the world--and one of the biggest, most prolific basins for oil and gas in the world, where we in Alaska produce these minerals and these resources, which we need, better than anybody, with the highest environmental standards in the world. The President shut them down today--shut them down today. It certainly hurt American workers and benefited the dictators of the world. He won't sanction Iran for oil and gas, but he sure as hell will sanction Alaska. It is a little crazy. If you are an American watching: Why would we do that? I will get to that. It is a real disappointment, a dispiriting day in Alaska. I talked about how infuriating this was, particularly for my constituents, workers, Alaskans, but particularly for the Inupiat Alaskan Native people who live on the North Slope of Alaska. One of these rules--the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska rule--directly impacts them. I am frustrated. Senator Murkowski is very frustrated.…”