ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska), and leaders from Alaska's North Slope today criticized a U.S. District Court ruling dismissing the State of Alaska's and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority's (AIDEA) legal challenge to the Biden administration's suspension   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska), and leaders from Alaska's North Slope today criticized a U.S. District Court ruling dismissing the State of Alaska's and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority's (AIDEA) legal challenge to the Biden administration's suspension of la  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (S. 623): * * * S. 623 would exclude distributions and benefits paid from a settlement trust to an Alaska Native, or his or her descendant, who is aged, blind, or disabled when calculating eligibility for needs-based federal programs, such as housing assistance and benefits provided through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and Medicaid. Under curren  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led a letter urging the quick implementation of a proposed National Park Service (NPS) rule that would protect Alaskan wildlife by prohibiting extreme hunting practices. "This proposed rule would prohibit the cruelest practices for the hunting and trapping of some of America's most rare, iconic, and beloved native wild  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 9, 2023: * * * United States Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement on China and Russia's continued cooperation - including a recent naval patrol near Alaska. "Continued cooperation between China and Russia is a stark reminder of the challenge we face: for the first time in history, the Unit  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news and letter: U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) led a letter urging the quick implementation of a proposed National Park Service (NPS) rule that would protect Alaskan wildlife by prohibiting extreme hunting practices. "This proposed rule would prohibit the cruelest practices for the hunting and trapping of some of America's most rare, iconic, and beloved native w  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Navy that a future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue (T-ATS) ship will be named in honor of the late Solomon "Sol" Atkinson, one of the first U.S. Navy SEALs and a legendary Alaska Native leader from the Metlakatla Indian Community on Annette Island. The announcement coincides with Metlakatla Founder  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: 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 in the other co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, on Aug. 5, 2023, regarding the 11 foreign military vessels from China and Russia operating near the Aleutian Islands. * * * "We have been in close contact with leadership from Alaska Command for several days now and received detailed classified briefings about the foreign vessels that are transiting U.S. waters in the Aleutians," said Senator Murkowski. "This is a stark reminde  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today commented on the ongoing combined China-Russia naval exercises near Alaska: "The scale and complexity of this Russian and Chinese naval deployment is unprecedented," Wicker said. "While I am glad the U.S. Navy deployed four destroyers and a P-8 aircraft to monitor the fleet, the exercise serve  more