Lisa Murkowski

The United States as drug addicts.

That's a great reminder to us that it's not just all resources, but that we can have that role, too.

The problem that I see with that is we are still suffocated, strangled, by the stigma that is attached.

I think you said it's a complicated--no silver bullet for a complicated adult problem.

Our nation is among the worst in the world and it is leading us to be dependent on foreign nations for the fundamental building blocks.

We need to fix the FERC process before the number of projects up for relicensing increases dramatically over the next decade.

When investment is impeded, how can we expect capital to be deployed here, where an environmental impact statement alone averages almost five years?

The existing regulatory regime impacts the cost effectiveness of our federal infrastructure spending.

I think we all recognize the need to make investments that will both upgrade and modernize our infrastructure.

I see this effort as indicative of similar new initiatives that we will need on the workforce and on prices indexes if we are to properly document the state of the current economy.

We truly appreciate your testimony, your work, and just the effort to deal with this epidemic, pandemic, as we have been describing it.

With leadership by Senators Murkowski and Sullivan, the Senate passed S. 825 on November 29, 2017.

I happen to believe that the more we can make contraception available and affordable to women, the better off we are.

I think I said pharmacies, and it is not only pharmacies.

The role that the Navigators have played in helping to walk many Alaskans through the intricacies of insurance, and what is available, has been important to us.

I think this is something that we all recognize that we can do a better job with.

I think certainly for those of us in Alaska, where our neighboring country, our neighboring state, if you will, is Canada.

So we're talking about a whole host of different alternatives, which I think is great, whether it's chiropractic or acupuncture or equine-assisted therapeutic activities, I'm all over this, I think it's great.

I was recalling that some time ago we were dealing with a VA that was pretty limiting in terms of alternatives that were available for our veterans.

I don't want our veterans to be in that same situation where they feel they can't get that continued care, there is this gap.

But are we in the same situation that we were several years back where we are limiting the number?

So we go ahead and we'll prescribe the pill, but we're not going to help you kind of manipulate and move that body and help that body recover.

I think we need to be looking at this going forward with a few things in mind: making the grid more resilient to future weather events.

Restoring electricity is the immediate priority. It has been out for far too long, and it is harming the health of both local residents and their economy.

I think that there is broad agreement. I have talked with colleagues in the other body and the other side of the aisle here.