WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), condemned a ruling by the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington in favor of a lawsuit filed by Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) that will effectively shut down a Southeast Alaska small boat troll salmon fishery. WFC argued that the Southeast Alaska salmon harvest is a primary contrib  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), condemned a ruling by the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington in favor of a lawsuit filed by Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) that will effectively shut down a Southeast Alaska small boat troll salmon fishery. WFC argued that the Southeast Alaska salmon harvest is a primary contr  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 3, 2023: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), have introduced legislation to remove the Small Business Administration's (SBA) "bona fide place of business" requirement, which would make 8(a) small business contractors--including disabled-veteran-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, and Alaska Native Corporations--ineligible  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), have introduced legislation to remove the Small Business Administration's (SBA) "bona fide place of business" requirement, which would make 8(a) small business contractors--including disabled-veteran-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, and Alaska Native Corporations--ineligible for ce  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) announcement that it has approved the purchase of up to $119.5 million worth of Alaskan Sockeye and Pacific Groundfish, which will be distributed across the country through federal food assistance programs. "USDA's purchase of  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting a review of all rotary-wing aviation accidents that resulted in a loss of life and/or the loss of aircraft. The letter noted recent helicopter accidents in Alaska and Kentucky that resulted in the deaths of multiple soldiers, as well as the crash of a B  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation issued the following testimony by Catherine F. Cahill, director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, involving a hearing on March 30, 2023, entitled "FAA Reauthorization: Harnessing the Evolution of Flight to Deliver for the American People": * * * Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Cohen, and Members of the Subcommittee, my name is Cathy Cahil  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: ICYMI, U.S. Senators Angus King's (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today published an op-ed on FoxNews.com pushing for their bipartisan bill that would require the Supreme Court to create its own code of conduct. The Senators write: "The American people want to know that there is a guidebook for occupying a seat on our nation's highest court. The Supreme Court Code of Conduct Act will  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and his colleagues introduced a House Resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and Girls." Four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women experience violence in their lifetime. The Resolution seeks to bring attention to the disproportionate violence towards Native women and the l  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT), along with U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH-14) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-03) in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2023. This bill would ensure that legal cannabis businesses would have access to critical banking and financial services. Most  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) led their House colleagues in introducing H. Res. 353, a resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The resolution demonstrates the lawmakers' solidarity with the families and loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and it calls on the people of the United State  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) applauded the unanimous passage of their bipartisan Senate resolution to designate the week of April 23, 2023 through April 29, 2023 as "National Water Week." Their resolution recognizes that every community deserves access to   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) joined Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) in introducing H. Res. 353, a resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The resolution demonstrates the lawmakers' solidarity with the families and loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and it calls  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: The resolution demonstrates the lawmakers' solidarity with the families and loved ones of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and it calls on the people of the United States to commemorate the lives of American Indian and Alaska Native women whose cases are documented and undocumented in public records and the media. "I join my colleagues in this bipartisan effort to recognize May 5th as the  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim Kain  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a legislative hearing on - * S. 195, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim Settlement Act of 2023; * S. 382, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023; and * S. 13  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tim K  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke on the Senate floor last night about the U.S. Navy's flagrant violation of a law requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious warships. Two weeks ago, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro appeared before the committee with a 30-year shipbuilding plan that never   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), co-founders of the bipartisan Senate Foreign Service Caucus, have passed a Senate resolution celebrating May 5, 2023 as "Foreign Service Day." The day recognizes the men and women who have served, or are presently serving, in the Foreign Service of the United States and honors the members of the Foreign Service who have given the  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), co-founders of the bipartisan Senate Foreign Service Caucus, have passed a Senate resolution celebrating May 5, 2023 as "Foreign Service Day." The day recognizes the men and women who have served, or are presently serving, in the Foreign Service of the United States and honors the members of the Foreign Service who have giv  more