Lisa Murkowski
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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.
I am in favor of the legislative branch serving as a model for the rest of the Government.
I just want to make sure that we all understand that for one last percentage, so that we can say we absolutely, positively are not using coal, we are going to spend $10 million to retrofit this last boiler?
Do you have flexibility to either work with the Office of the Architect here to not issue that citation so that you can work through some interim measures?
What we are looking to do--what we are struggling doing right now is monitoring a lot of the safety and health findings that we have found.
I think we all share the concerns and I'm pretty certain that the folks within the White House are very keyed on this as well.
I have heard concerns from other Members that they feel that on some of the staff-led tours, the staff members have been treated in a discourteous manner.
How do you think with a blue ribbon commission we will be able to keep the political emotion out of this debate?
I certainly hope that you would agree with Secretary Chu's comments that nuclear must be part of our energy solution in this country and work toward that end.
I do think it is an important issue, and I think it is one that is often overlooked.
I think we should look in particular, along with natural gas which, as you point out, we have got abundant supplies of natural gas in this country which could help to fuel our vehicles.





