Senate Proceeding on Jun 26th, 2008 :: 4:26:39 to 4:32:05
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Speech By: Patty Murray

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Patty Murray: and god sped. thank you, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i'm honored to speak on the 50th

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Michael Crapo: anniversary of the legislation establishing alaska as a state. frank church stood in the same chamber 50 years ago, may 5, 1958, to call for alaska's statehood. let me begin with the words that senator

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Speech By: Michael Crapo

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Michael Crapo: church recited that day. wild and wide are are my borders, stern and depth is my sway. and i will wait for the men who will win me. and i will not be won in a day. mr. crapo: i will not be won by

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Michael Crapo: weaklings, but by men with the hearts of vikings and the simple faith of a child. desperate, strong, and restless, unthrottled by fear or defeat, then will i guide and gild with my treasure, then

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Michael Crapo: will i glut with my meat. send me the best of your meeting -- meet. send me the best of your meeting, then i will take to my boss remove, then i will take to my sons. this is entitled "the law of the ukon."

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Michael Crapo: it was written by a canadian poat poet who wrote these words. it was inspired by the majesty of the land of the northwest territory and alaska territory. for senator church, they set the stage for

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Michael Crapo: an impassioned argued plea for alaska's statehood. senator church spoke of taxation without representation. he talked about a treaty which said that the inhabitants of the territory shall be admitted

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Michael Crapo: to the enjoyment of all of the rights, advantages, and immunities of the citizens of the united states and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty. senator church

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Michael Crapo: asked this body the question, can it be that ours too will be the era of the roman senate which zapped the vitality of the roman government until the government became a mockery, empty of principle. fortunately

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Michael Crapo: for the united states in this matter, right prevailed that year and those calling for alaska's statehood were vindicated in their tireless quest. the admission of alaska into the union shows a rejection

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Michael Crapo: of the status quo, a tendency to look beyond what is to what could be and alaska has exceeded all expectation. that historic 1958 debate about alaska's statehood mentions things familiar today which remain

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Michael Crapo: the back backbone of alaska's economy and integral to the united states economy, salmon, oil and natural gas, to name a few. alaska enriched our inventory of public land immeasurably. forests rich

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Michael Crapo: in wildlife, the magic, the majestic mountains and the breathtaking flanks and soaring peak of mount mckinley. rivers teeming with salmon and bays and harbors with orcas and other wildlife. alaska has beauty

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Michael Crapo: above and below the land, above and below the rivers and oceans. periodically the united states senate does something that in the words of senator church that year, falls outside the realms of meeting

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Michael Crapo: the present. when the senate bestowed statehood on alaska 50 years ago this week, it gasped the brief shining moment that history granted it and looked beyond partisan politics to do something great and

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Michael Crapo: glorious for our nation. i appreciate the senator from alaska's invitation to speak during this auspicious time in alaska's history. i'm proud of the idaho lawmakers in the history of alaska's history,

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Michael Crapo: particularly senator church and host who supported alaska's state hood. in an editorial on may 6, 1968, called senator church one of alaska's greatest champions in congress. idaho and alaska will

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Michael Crapo: always have much in common. both western rocky mountain states, we face same land use, similar wildlife and natural resources issues and appreciate the staggering beauty of our land. while idaho does

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Michael Crapo: not have the largest amount of which woulder conscious -- while idaho does have the largest amount of wilderness in the continental united states, it is dwarfed by alaska that has the largest amount

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Michael Crapo: of federal land by any state. idaho and alaska lawmakers can be proud of a half century of working together for the good of our states, our constituents and the 9 west.~ congratulation s to senator

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Michael Crapo: stevens and senator murkowski on the birthday of your great state. thank you, mr. president. i yield back the balance of my time. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank

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Lisa Murkowski: you, mr. president. i want to thank my colleague from the state of idaho. as you have indicated, senator church was a great leader in the statehood fight. idaho and alaska have long since maintained

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Speech By: Lisa Murkowski