WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following remarks on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today voted against the House-passed debt limit and budget agreement citing the legislation's significant inflation-adjusted cuts to defense spendingat one of the most dangerous times for U.S. national security in decades. The agreement passed the Senate by a vote of 63 to 36. "I applaud Speaker McCarthy for his hard work in getting President Biden to negotiate   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand financial support for America's fishing communities. The Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act would allow businesses that provide direct assistance to fishing operations - like gear producers or cold storage - to access the same loans from the Farm Credit System (FCS) already offered to serv  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), alongside Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Nancy Mace (SC-01), led their colleagues in announcing the introduction of the Department of Defense Overdose Data (DOD) Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to address the impacts of the opioid epidemic among members of th  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following remarks on June 2, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) took part in a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing to discuss the need to support working families and child care workers as we focus on the child care shortage. During the hearing, Senator Murkowski referenced numerous Alaska-specific challenges within the child care arena. * * * Leading up to her question for the witnesses,   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) released the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which reflects the bipartisan agreement Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden reached to limit federal spending and avert a default on the nation's debt: "I voted for the Fiscal Responsibility Act because it is the only way to avoid a default on the national debt just four days fr  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand financial support for America's fishing communities. The Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act would allow businesses that provide direct assistance to fishing operations - like gear producers or cold storage - to access the same loans from the Farm Credit System (FCS) already offered to servic  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: Representative Peltola voted to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bipartisan bill to protect the economy from a default on the national debt. The bill also makes important reforms to energy project permitting and protects key programs for Alaskans, including veterans' health care and Social Security. Representative Peltola was among the first Democratic representatives who called for negotiations t  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and a member of the U.S. Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, alongside Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Representatives Seth Moulton (MA-06) and Nancy Mace (SC-01), led their colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), along with Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) introduced the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Support (KIDS) Health Act of 2023. This legislation would establish a holistic approach to children's health care by integrating mental and ph  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee--along with Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas)--introduced the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Support (KIDS) Health Act of 2023. The legislation would establish a holistic approach to children's health care by integrating mental and physic  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), along with SASC members Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Angus King (I-Maine), introduced the China Defense Spending Transparency Act, bipartisan legislation requiring the Defense Intelligence Agency to publish a comprehensive report exposing the true extent of China's defense-industrial build up.  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement after news reports surfaced of Chinese citizens, suspected of espionage, attempting to breach military installations in Alaska. "Whether it's a Chinese spy balloon, Russian Bear Bombers, or this new reporting of suspected Chinese spies in Alaska, this is another wake-up call that we a  more