WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) led Senate colleagues to reintroduce a resolution reaffirming the federal government's responsibility to provide access to clean drinking water for Tribal communities. Further, the resolution calls on the Executive Branch to employ a "whole o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing examining the Biden administration's mismanagement of the federal onshore oil and gas program. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) released the following statement in response: "From cancelling the Keystone XL Pipeline on his first day in office to withdrawing millions   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A). The Detailed DHC-A provides population counts and sex-by-age statistics for approximately 1,500 detailed race and ethnic groups and detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. Today's data include population counts for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: The bipartisan bill would tackle the nurse shortage by addressing the pay disparity that discourages critically needed faculty to train the next generation of nurses * U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the pay gap between clinical and faculty nursing positions--which is the primary economic disincentive fueling  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today acknowledged the announcement of an additional $ 53,959,517 million in federal broadband grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The grant recipients include Igiugig Village, Alaska Tribal Spectrum, Alaska Village Initiatives, Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harb  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today acknowledged the announcement of an additional $ 53,959,517 million in federal broadband grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP). The grant recipients include Igiugig Village, Alaska Tribal Spectrum, Alaska Village Initiatives, Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: On September 12th, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed the public comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking to update the National Standards of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The National Standards are principles that govern fisheries management decisions nationwide, including goals for allocation, bycatch, and fisheries-dependent communities  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent to pass the Pay Our Coast Guard Act, bicameral, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). The Pay Our Coast   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Water as a Trust Resource: Examining Access in Native Communities" at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2023, at 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * The Honorable Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC * Mr. Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced a new nine-member Alaska Federal Judiciary Council he has convened to make recommendations for nominations to Alaska's open federal judiciary seats. Traditionally, these recommendations are given significant weight when the White House makes nominations to the federal judiciary based on long-standing senatorial courtesy where a list of candidates is advanc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), welcomed news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday instituted caps on the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing sick Marines and other individuals impacted by water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The caps, which will be applied to existing con  more