WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today released the following joint statement after the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced an up to six-month delay for the finalization of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Ambler Access Project (AAP).  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program. The Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023 would reauthorize and strengthen vital Type 1 diabetes research happening at the National Institutes of Health and renew critical treatment, educ  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2023, a bill that would split the massively overburdened Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and create a new Twelfth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to the split, the legislation would codify the Judicia  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: In case you missed it, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act this week, legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska's U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan announced their bipartisan resolution bringing awareness to the environmental, humanitarian, and economic issues facing the Mekong River cleared a key hurdle by passing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Mekong River, which is nearly 3,000 miles long, boasts the world's largest inland fishery and accounts  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act (Ocean ROI Act), legislation that would require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a federal strategy for investing in the nation's ocean-based economy with "Ocean Innovation   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) today reintroduced the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Respect Act of 2023, legislation which reauthorizes programs and funding to aid individuals and families impacted by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. "We must do everything we can to educate on prenatal alcohol exposure and prevent FASD. Too many families in  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), co-chairs of the Senate Oceans caucus, with Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joining as original co-sponsors, introduced the Don Young Veterans Advancing Conservation Act (DY VACA), legislation which aims to help support veterans' mental health by giving them the opportunity to reinvest their talent, trai  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: During Capitol Hill Oceans Week (CHOW), U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus, reintroduced the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act, legislation that will ensure coordination and collaboration between federal, state, local and tribal entities on ocean acidification research and monitoring. "Ocean acidification continues to incre  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to strengthen coastal communities and the blue economy of Maine and the U.S. through technological research and development, job training, and cross-sector partnerships. The bipartisan Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation (Ocean ROI) Act, which was introduced in the Senate by Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch AND Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2023, a bill that would split the massively overburdened Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and create a new Twelfth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to the split, the legislation would codify the Judici  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: 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 Committee passage of S.1723, a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes. The Committee held a legislative hearing on an identical bill  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), today issued statements on legislation that would allow the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The delegation's bill, en  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), today issued statements on legislation that would allow the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The delegation's bill, enti  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- 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 Committee passage of S.1723, a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes. The Committee held a legislati  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair 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 Committee passage of S.1723, a bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States, and for other purposes. The Committee held a legis  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.)and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act that would direct the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions of those same goods produced i  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2023, a bill that would split the massively overburdened Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and create a new Twelfth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to the split, the legislation would codi  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today joined Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act which would direct the Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissions of t  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bipartisan bill that will help servicemembers across Georgia, Alaska and the entire country obtain sufficient and affordable housing. The bipartisan Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Restoration Act will help servicemembers and their families make ends meet by restoring the full BAH be  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: U.S. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME), co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program. The Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization Act of 2023 would reauthorize and strengthen critically important Type 1 diabetes research at the National Institutes of Health. This reauthorization would renew vi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on June 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement today on reports of the federal indictment of former President Trump: "As I previously stated: The worst thing for our country is for Americans to start to believe that the Justice Department and FBI provide two tiers of justice, and that the indictment of a former president and current candidate for the White House is   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: This week, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) launched the U.S. Senate Korea Caucus to advance and strengthen the relationship and alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK). The caucus will work across the aisle to advance policies deepening economic, security, cultural, and scientific ties between   more