One of the most important things that Senator Murkowski and Congressman Young and I try to do representing all of you is bring important Federal Government officials to our great State.

Senator Sullivan has just been dogged in getting the bureaucracy to do what they were supposed to do in a recent example.

It was very inappropriate to hold somebody based on that criteria when the Congress was actually the one that set up and created that criteria.

It's these programs that really help us and help us supplement some of the programs that we administer through the Federal Government now.

I think it's going to help everybody, and I think the secretaries of the different military services were, once they looked with their lawyers at what I was talking about, I think they were fine and had to sign them.

more regs hurt small businesses; that's just a given.

I just want to thank you, your boss, Administrator McMahon, who I know has a very good relationship with Chairman Risch and with me and Senator Murkowski.

Thank you for all you have done to ensure that Section 811, Federal approval authority, is streamlined for contracts from 22 to 93 million.

the key, whether it's the U.S. economy or the Alaska economy, to real sustained growth is through our small businesses, which are the engines of growth in Alaska and throughout the United States.

I think it's been read wrong. I don't think you, Mr. Secretary, Madam Secretary, need to personally sign off.

She kept her commitment. When she went through the Senate confirmation process, one of the commitments I asked of her was to get to Alaska soon in her tenure, and she did that.

Alaska Natives and American Indians are still the poorest of the poor in the Nation.

minority-owned small businesses have a 30 percent lower chance in securing government contracts than non-minority-owned businesses.

I want to thank my colleague Senator Murkowski from the great State of Alaska--our great State--for talking about someone we really care about and someone who will do really important things for the entire country. Senator Murkowski talked…

We need solutions and not more discussion that leads nowhere.

I had to give a speech on the Senate floor last night because unfortunately some of my colleagues have amnesia a little bit about what we call ANCSA and how important that was.

This is kind of cool. June 29th, this is actually my 21st anniversary today and I'm here, by the way.

it is Thursday, and it is one of the best times of the week for me. I know the Parliamentarians and others who work in the Senate know, and now the pages are going to learn this, too, because it is the time every week when I get to talk…

I ask unanimous consent that Andrew Hampton, an intern in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Ed Schoenfeld

it is Thursday, and that means it is the afternoon when I get to talk about someone in my State who is doing a great job for the State, and oftentimes for the country--someone who is really making a difference. As the Presiding Officer and…

a lot of our colleagues have been coming down to the floor today and had come down yesterday to talk about two things that are actually very connected. The first is the VA MISSION bill, which we just passed, that is going to significantly…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture having been invoked, the motion to refer and the amendments pending thereto fall. The PRESIDING…

as my colleagues know, one of the best times of the week for me is when I get to come down to the floor and talk about some of my great constituents back home in Alaska, somebody or a group of Alaskans I refer to as the ``Alaskan of the…

as we approach Memorial Day to remember the men and women who sacrificed their lives in devotion to the causes of liberty, freedom, and democracy, I would like to take the opportunity to speak about one event in our Nation's history that…