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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday September 03, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Representative Peltola Urges Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to Block Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Peltola announced she had authored a letter to the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan, requesting that she block the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons grocery chains. Kroger and Albertsons are two of the nation's largest grocers, each operating major grocery stores in Alaska. Kroger runs Fred Meyer stores, and Albertsons operates the Carrs-  more

Sen. Murphy CODEL Concludes Visit to United Kingdom, Ireland
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, returned to the U.S. on Sunday after leading a bipartisan and bicameral congressional delegation to the United Kingdom and Ireland. Members of the delegation include U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and U.S. Represent  more

Sen. Sullivan Celebrates Partnership to Build Seawall Protecting Utqiagvik
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Senator Sullivan today participated in the signing of the U.S. Corps of Engineers Alaska District Project Partnership Agreement with the North Slope Borough for the Barrow Coastal Erosion Project. This partnership, and the funding for the erosion project, is a result of efforts Senator Sullivan, as a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, has made since in 2018, wh  more

Sens. Murkowski, Sullivan, Rep. Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force, Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), celebrated the appointment of 19 members to the new Alaska Salmon Research Task Force, as well as appointments to the working group focused on salmon returns in the Alaska Yukon and Kuskokwim River region. The task force will study the increased variability in Pacific salmon populations in Ala  more

Sens. Sullivan, Murkowski, Rep. Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force and Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), celebrated the appointment of 19 members to the new Alaska Salmon Research Task Force, as well as appointments to the working group focused on salmon returns in the Alaska Yukon and Kuskokwim River region. The task force will study the increased variability in Pacific salmon populations i  more

Sullivan, Murkowski, Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force and Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 1 -- 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), celebrated the appointment of 19 members to the new Alaska Salmon Research Task Force, as well as appointments to the working group focused on salmon returns in the Alaska Yukon and Kuskokwim River region. The task force will study the increased variability in Pacific salmon popul  more