MURKOWSKI, LISA

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Full Name: Lisa A. Murkowski

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Verne; 2 Children: Nicolas, Matthew

Birth Date: 05/22/1957

Birth Place: Ketchikan, AK

Home City: Anchorage, AK

Religion: Catholic

Education

JD, Willamette College of Law, 1985

BA, Economics, Georgetown University, 1980

Attended, Willamette University, 1975-1978

Political Experience

Senator, United States Senate, 2002-present

Former Deputy Whip, United States Senate

Vice-Chair, Republican Senate Conference, United States Senate, 2009-2010

Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives, 1998-2002

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Member

Energy and Natural Resources, Chair

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Member

Indian Affairs, Member

Subcommittee on Children and Families, Member

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Member

Subcommittee on Defense, Member

Subcommittee on Energy, Member

Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development, Member

Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Member

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Chair

Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Member

Subcommittee on National Parks, Member

Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, Member

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, and Mining, Member

Subcommittee on Water and Power, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Former Member, Citizens' Advisory Board, Joint Committee on Military Bases in Alaska

Former Commissioner, Post Secondary Education Commission

Commissioner, Anchorage Equal Rights Commission, 1997-1998

Republican Chair, State Central Committee, Republican Party of Alaska, District 14, 1993-1998

Member, Mayor's Task Force on the Homeless, 1990-1991

Professional Experience

Attorney, Commercial Practice, Hoge and Lekisch, 1989-1998

District Court Attorney, State of Alaska, District Court, 1986-1989

Associate, Hertog Rhodes, 1985-1986

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Alaska and Anchorage Bar Association

Board Member, Alaska Federation of Republican Women

Director, Alaskans for Drug Free Youth

Board Member, Armed Services Young Men's Christian Association

Board Member, Boys and Girls Club

Director/Trustee, Catholic Social Services

President, Government Hill Elementary Parent Teacher Association

Member, Midnight Sun Republican Women and Anchorage Republican Women's Club

Member, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

Total: 5

Murkowski Fights to Transfer King Cove Road Land to State of Alaska in Interior Bill

06/16/2015

Person Website

Murkowski Blocks “Waters of the U.S.” Rule Through Interior Bill

06/16/2015

Lisa Murkowski's Official Personal Website

Murkowski Assures Native Care Funding, Alaska Native Care Jobs, Rural Justice Through Interior Spending Bill

06/16/2015

Lisa Murkowski's Official Personal Website

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski Shames Her Colleagues For Taking A Snow Day

03/05/2015

By Mollie Reilly | The Huffington Post

Murkowski Sees Path For Energy Bill That Could Include Climate Provisions

02/05/2015

By Kate Sheppard | The Huffington Post

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Oppose The fetus is an independent human being, who has his own righs. The mother cannot deprive a fetus's basic rights.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Support The government should subsidize health insurance for groups which are at risk. Universal health insurance is a good goal, although some market methods can work as well as government systems.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Oppose Illegal immigration is illegal and should be enforced against.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Support Benefits of diversity should be considered. The government should prosecute companies that discriminate against women and minorities.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Support Individuals should be given at least some control over how their retirement funds are invested.

Total: 378

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
06/14/2017	S.217	A bill to amend the Denali National Park Improvement Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline authorized in the Denali National Park and Preserve.	06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146. (All Actions)
06/14/2017	S.213	Jay S. Hammond Wilderness Act of 2017	06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 145. (All Actions)
06/13/2017	S.825	Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017	06/13/2017 Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. (All Actions)
06/13/2017	S.214	A bill to authorize the expansion of an existing hydroelectric project.	06/13/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 141. (All Actions)
05/18/2017	S.1179	A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the United States in Laos during the Vietnam War era, and for other purposes.	05/18/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
05/17/2017	S.1149	A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to repeal a provision limiting the export of timber harvested from land conveyed to the Kake Tribal Corporation under that Act.	05/17/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
05/16/2017	S.131	Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act of 2017	05/16/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80. (All Actions)
04/25/2017	S.91	Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017	04/25/2017 Star Print ordered on report 115-26. (All Actions)
04/07/2017	S.907	Second Division Memorial Modification Act	04/07/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
04/06/2017	S.884	A bill to amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, and for other purposes.	04/06/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
04/06/2017	S.883	OPENS Alaska Act of 2017	04/06/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
03/30/2017	S.733	Sportsmen's Act	03/30/2017 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. (All Actions)
03/30/2017	S.724	A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to modernize authorizations for necessary hydropower approvals.	03/30/2017 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. (All Actions)
03/30/2017	S.346	National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act	03/30/2017 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. (All Actions)
03/30/2017	S.215	A bill to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue an order continuing a stay of a hydroelectric license for the Mahoney Lake hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.	03/30/2017 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. (All Actions)
03/27/2017	S.269	A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and to the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation located in Dillingham, Alaska, and for other purposes.	03/27/2017 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24. (All Actions)
02/17/2017	S.Res.55	A resolution recognizing February 26, 2017, as the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska.	02/17/2017 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
02/01/2017	S.Res.33	An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.	02/01/2017 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (All Actions)
01/30/2017	S.J.Res.15	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning.	01/30/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
01/12/2017	S.125	Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017	01/12/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)

Total: 1664

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
08/06/2009	S.1611	Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009
08/06/2009	S.Res.248	A resolution designating the month of August 2009 as "Agent Orange Awareness Month".
08/06/2009	S.423	Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
08/04/2009	S.Res.239	A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Purple Heart Recognition Day".
07/29/2009	S.Res.230	A resolution designating Richard A. Baker as Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate.
07/29/2009	S.J.Res.17	A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
07/27/2009	S.Con.Res.36	A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Purple Heart Recognition Day".
07/01/2009	S.614	A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots ("WASP").
07/21/2009	S.Con.Res.11	A concurrent resolution condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming the support of Congress for the mandate of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, and for other purposes.
07/21/2009	S.561	FLAME Act
06/18/2009	S.Res.192	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding supporting democracy and economic development in Mongolia and expanding relations between the United States and Mongolia.
06/17/2009	S.1279	Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2009
06/16/2009	S.1273	National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act
07/16/2009	S.1415	Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act
07/08/2009	S.1408	New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions
07/08/2009	S.Res.210	A resolution designating the week beginning on November 9, 2009, as National School Psychology Week.
06/16/2009	S.669	Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
06/16/2009	S.1390	Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act
06/15/2009	S.1265	Military Voters' Equal Access to Voter Registration Act of 2009
06/11/2009	S.Res.184	A resolution offering deepest condolences to the family and friends of Officer Stephen T. Johns and calling on the leaders of all Nations to speak out against the manifestations of anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred.

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