Political Quotes

“Madam President, it is Thursday, and by now many know-- particularly our members of our press corps--that it is time for what I feel is probably one of the best moments in the Senate each week. It is time for the ``Alaskan of the Week.'' We get to talk about Alaska, talk about somebody who is doing extraordinary things for our State, for our country a lot of times, and I like to give an update when I do my ``Alaskan of the Week'' speech on what is going on in Alaska. It is spring, of course. The Sun is high in most parts of the State-- actually, in all parts of the State. Spring--we call it breakup, actually, relating to the ice on the rivers--it is upon us. Now, of course, it can still snow, and it still gets pretty cold in a lot of places in Alaska, but winter is on the run. The promise of summer is in the air, and what a glorious summer it is going to be. We aren't out of the woods yet on the pandemic in Alaska, but we have managed--we are proud of it, I am proud of my fellow Alaskans--the pandemic, the virus, as well as possible. One of the things that is happening right now, our vaccination rates have been, almost from the beginning when we got the vaccine, the highest per capita in the country. Despite our huge challenges in terms of size, limited population, it is really kind of a minimiracle--No. 1 vaccination rates in America in Alaska. We did it by dog sled, snow machine, small airplanes to make that happen.…”