WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and North Slope and other Alaska leaders today expressed their opposition to two Alaska new anti-development decisions announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). DOI is proposing to withdraw millions of acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and canceling the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and North Slope and other Alaska leaders today expressed their opposition to two Alaska new anti-development decisions announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). DOI is proposing to withdraw millions of acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and cancelin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and North Slope and other Alaska leaders today expressed their opposition to two new anti-development decisions in Alaska announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). DOI is proposing to withdraw millions of acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and canceling the Ala  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02) released the below statement following the Biden Administration's decision to cancel oil and gas leases in Alaska. "Even as gas prices climb, President Biden continues his war on American energy. Canceling oil and gas leases in Alaska is just the latest disastrous move by the Biden Administration that will undermine energy security. I wish President Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of the Interior announced it will cancel the remaining seven oil and gas leases issued by the Trump administration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) while simultaneously locking up millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, issued the following news release: On Biden's cancelation of oil leases in Alaska: "He [President Biden] does not have the ability to just wave his hand and disrupt that legislation. This is the existing current law. I think they'll be successful in their lawsuit. It's obviously an unconstitutional, illegal taking."  On sky-high energy prices: "Why does he [President Biden] hate the middle class in America so badly that he wants to saddle   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) warned yesterday in a Fox Business interview on Varney & Co.that the Biden administration continues to undermine America's energy security during a dangerous time for geopolitical stability. Senator Sullivan made his comments in direct response to the Biden administration's recent announcement that they were canceling oil leases approved by Congress in the Arctic National   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the U.S. Department of the Interior's announcement that more than 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) would be withdrawn from oil and gas leasing and that seven leases awarded to the Alaska Industrial Development a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) this week cosponsored two measures that support students and schools with archery and hunter safety education. The bills would make congressional intent abundantly clear for the Biden administration, which is misinterpreting a provision of federal law to prevent schools from using federal education funds for hunter safety education and archery programs. "H  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that three Alaska Native Corporations have been selected to receive $2.5 million in federal funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. "It is a stain on the federal government that contaminated lands were   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the U.S. Department of the Interior's announcement that more than 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) would be withdrawn from oil and gas leasing and that  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), commented on the decision by the Biden administration to slash energy production in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. The move vacates the leases awarded in a sale mandated by Congress as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following statement on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * Today, Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Congresswoman Mary Peltola (AK-AL) released the following statements in response to the Biden Administration's proposed restrictions on oil and gas development in Alaska's North Slope, including lease cancellations in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. "Today's disappointing announcement by the Interior Department is yet another salvo  more