WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-New York, issued the following remarks on May 24, 2023: * * * Ahead of Memorial Day, U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) spoke on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the life of Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Eramo, an Army Officer from Oneonta who tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in Alaska last month. Rep. Molinaro's remarks, as prepared for delivery, can be found below. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today made the following statement after the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded Kuskokwim Consortium Library in Bethel, Alaska, the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service - the nation's highest honor given to museums and libraries. "I nominated the Kuskokwim Consortium Library for this prestigious award becauseI have been so  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, joined 26 senators in reintroducing S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, which seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities. The bill would establish a formal commission to investigate, document, and acknowledge past in  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on May 22, 2023: * * * Aiming to End a Crisis For far too long, dangerous predators have disproportionately targeted indigenous women and girls, and violence against Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceeds national averages. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Native women and girls experience a murder rate 10 times higher than the national average. The impact of missi  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following commentary to the Fairbanks Daily News Miner on May 26, 2023: * * * Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day When you walk the hollowed grounds of Arlington, Gettysburg and Normandy, you see row upon row of marble headstones. Etched into them are names known to many and names known to none. What the men and women who rest beneath them have in common is their brave, selfless service to our nation--and lives cut short and unli  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee and vice chair of the Senate Western Caucus, celebrated the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling yesterday in Sackett vs. the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), which reins in the Biden administration's expansive interpretation of the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act to  more