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Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alaska, a position she has held since 2002. A member of the Republican Party, Murkowski has been a prominent figure in Alaskan and national politics, known for her moderate stance on various issues. She was first appointed to the Senate in 2002 and has since been elected multiple times, demonstrating a strong commitment to her constituents and the state of Alaska.
In the interest of moving the budget process along, I am withdrawing my amendment, but I want to assure my colleagues, until our President orders his legal counsel to drop this argument in court, I will be raising this issue on every bill…
Mr. President, along with Senators Warner, Chafee and McCain, who are cosponsors, I believe what we have here is an assertion without precedent. The President of the United States claims in a brief filed in the Supreme Court that a pending…
As the commander of the American Legion said: ``We've had plenty of great Americans take off a military uniform to assume the Presidency. None has ever put on a uniform after Inauguration Day.'' As a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard…
It flies in the face of the 207-year-old tradition established by George Washington that the U.S. military should be under civilian control.
I join with my friend from Oklahoma relative to his concern over what the minimum wage will do if there is an increase. And I believe the increase proposed by the Senator from Massachusetts is from $4.25 to $5.15. That is about 45 cents I…
No. My amendment would only eliminate the requirement of their continuous present for any inspection purpose other than food safety and wholesomeness. All Federal agencies involved in the purchase of fish and fish products would retain all…
Nothing in my amendment would restrict the criteria imposed by the Federal Government relating to the quality of the product. The only restriction imposed by my amendment would be to prohibit a contractual requirement that processing be…
The Senator from Alaska has filed a Greens Creek land exchange amendment. It is my understanding, since we both share a committee assignment relative to some 40 bills that are being held up, that there is also an intent to clear tonight…
I am familiar with it. It does not mandate a purchase of any specific amount of salmon.
I assume their opposition is that there will be less inspectors around. They will have to find something else to do, with perhaps retraining. It would certainly save the Government some money. I am certainly sensitive to the…
Certainly, it is the intention of the Senator from Alaska not to exclude any. My interest just happens to be in salmon. The rationale behind that is, we have a considerable amount of salmon that is canned in our State and in the State of…
Well, it would apply to other canned seafood, but it is directed primarily at salmon. There may be a requirement for tuna. Tuna is not one of the fisheries in the northern part of the west coast, so I am not as familiar with it. I do not…
The answer is, absolutely no. What the Senator from Alaska has proposed is an amendment that would eliminate a mandatory inspection by the Department of Agriculture on salmon sold into the Department of Agriculture's food give-away…
It requires the Federal Government to stop insisting on a dual inspection process mandated only by USDA for salmon that is purchased under their program. It does not require purchase of one can of salmon.
No, it says if salmon is purchased by the USDA for its Federal programs, that it does not require a special inspection, which is the current requirement.
If I might ask my colleague one more question, since I joined with him and cosponsored the resolution to reaffirm the Taiwan Relations Act by the U.S. Senate, and that is if it is his intention to pursue this matter and bring it up on the…
I note with sadness the decision of Amtrak to stop using the historical and traditional names for train service in the Northeast corridor. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amtrak had decided that, for the Yankee Clipper…
Let me commend my colleague and a number of the freshman Senators for their initiative in pursuing appropriate action relative to cutting Federal spending. While I have been around here a little longer than they have, I think their energy…
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