We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.

I want to support John Boehner in any way that I can, but we need to be pragmatic.

Seniority actually means something in the Senate.

I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply.

We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore in the lower 48.

I think it's fair to say that women have a different level of intuitiveness that allows them to perhaps handle situations a little bit different.

You've got to move us to these technologies that allow us to get to the clean-energy source. If we can't work to reduce the cost, you're not going to see them implemented unless there is a path of unlimited subsidies, and that's not doable, either. We can kick-start the research process, but we have to do that from a position of economic strength.

So much of what we do addresses the issues that are associated with climate change, whether it's working to reduce emissions, whether it's working to nail down our renewables, whether it's ensuring great efficiency in accessing all of our energy sources.

I've supported the repeal of ObamaCare.

We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking.

I've been working to make sure that we've got adequate transportation. I've been working to make sure that we can afford energy within our villages and in our communities.

We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around us does exactly that.

I've got two young sons who, when I ask them and their friends how they feel about gay marriage, kinda give me one of those looks like, 'Gosh, Mom, why are you even asking that question?'

We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.

I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.

When you put in place regulations that are so burdensome, so tough, so much so that they cripple your economy, we then don't have the resources to invest in technologies that are going to make that difference, because it's just going to shut everything down. That's not going to help us as an economy.

For eight years, I've served on the Indian Affairs committee, two years as the ranking member. I've been on that committee since Day One. I will stay on the committee for as long as I'm in the Senate because of my commitment to making a difference for Alaska Natives.

I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.

It is fundamentally important in our system of government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin may be.

What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission?

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'

I'm not a quitter - never have been.

It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent.

I will do everything, everything in my power, for as long as I am here, to enable the people of King Cove to receive proper emergency access that the rest of us take for granted.

What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.

I do believe that Planned Parenthood provides vital services to those in need and disagree with its funding cuts contained in the H.R. 1 package.

I'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other.

Imagine that foreign development is not done to our standards and a spill occurs. Neither geology nor ocean currents will respect our national boundaries.

Alaskans deserve a fighter in the United States Senate who will always stand up for Alaska, who understands our great potential, who has the experience, respect and seniority to accomplish that. I am that senator.

Scott McAdams is a nice guy, but I don't know that most Alaskans believe that he's electable.

I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office. Most in Alaska recognize our former governor is really not involved in or engaged in the state anymore, that she's moved to other interests.

I still wear my write-in wristband. It used to be plastic, but my husband turned it into gold.

People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa.

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.

The more traditional fuel sources we have relied on as a nation - coal, oil, and natural gas - I'm hoping they can allow us the financial springboard to move to the next generation of energy sources: renewables and alternatives.

Like the majority of Alaskans, I supported a constitutional amendment in 1998 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, but my thinking has evolved as America has witnessed a clear cultural shift.

If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.

A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

I have voted in support of efforts in the Senate to enact a Constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman only.

Any efforts or opportunity to expand the civil bonds and rights to anyone that wants to build a stable, happy household should be promoted.

To most Alaskans, Clinton is remembered as being the one individual who has shut Alaska down by vetoing ANWR when we successfully moved it through the Congress.

One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

We've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name.

I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well.

Keep in mind, our demographics of our state, how it breaks down in terms of political affiliation: over half the people in this state chose not to align themselves with any party at all.

When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.

I am working for Alaska's best interests.