WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Vice Chairman Murkowski Announces Upcoming Field Hearing in Alaska Washington, DC - The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs announced a field hearing for next week in Bethel, Alaska. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), will chair a Field Oversight Hearing titled, "The Impact of the Historic Salmon Declines on the Healt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) joined Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i) in introducing the Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), and Representatives Ed Case (HI-02) are also original co-sponsors of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Alaska's Congressional Delegation yesterday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) requesting a 180-day extension to the current comment deadline for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Program (the Program). While pointing out failures across the board related to this 1,430-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Requests 180-Day Extension Based on Interior's Compounding Failures on Substance, Process, and Consultation Washington, DC - Alaska's Congressional Delegation yesterday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) requesting a 180-day extension to the current comment deadline for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Coastal Plai  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) alongside U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to combat the immigration court backlog and strengthen due process rights for unaccompanied migrant children. U.S. Representatives Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) also joined as original   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- Los senadores estadounidenses Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) y Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), junto con los representantes estadounidenses Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) y Maria Salazar (R-Fla.), presentaron una propuesta de ley para combatir el atraso en los tribunales de inmigracion y fortalecer los derechos al debido proceso de los ninos inmigrantes no acompanados. Las representantes estadounidenses   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after voting for H.R. 4821, the Department of the Interior Appropriations Act, which will expand access to critical minerals and bring down high energy prices: "This morning, I cast my vote for this Republican appropriations bill that not only reins in wasteful spending, but also helps to bring down high energy costs.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) and Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) led the Hawai'i and Alaska delegations in introducing the Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Brian Schatz, and Representatives Ed Case and Mary Peltola are also original co-sponsors of the bill. The bill would reauthorize the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Servi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Measures Include Funding Murkowski Added for Over 50 Projects Across 27 Alaska Communities Washington, DC - Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a senior Appropriator, today voted for a package of three annual funding bills that include a number of wins for Alaskans that she secured in the committee process. Themeasures passed by the Senate through a bipartisan vote of 82-15 are the FY 2024 bills for Agricult  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing yesterday on research at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Chairman Jon Tester pressed VA officials to ensure rural veterans are benefiting from VA research efforts, particularly their mental health efforts, and expand opportunities the Department provides to researchers in rural America. "Rural America tends  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) along with several of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) about proposed changes to its regulations that classify "mining" projects eligible for coverage under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The Trump Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Sen. Sullivan's Opening Remarks: Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues for coming down here tonight. It is a very important issue that we are getting ready to talk about. We are in a very dangerous world right now. Our country is being challenged on multiple fronts across the globe. We literally have American troops under attack in the Middle East. As a member of the Armed Services Committee, as a U.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Last night, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), the only member of the Senate currently serving in the military, led Republican senators and military veterans, Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in trying to confirm 61 of the nearly 370 military promotions that have been held for nine months. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) put a blanket hold on these promotions beginning in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- 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 a report Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had begun enforcing 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 were announced in Sep  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 81 of his fellow senators yesterday passed legislation that included a Sullivan amendment to close a loophole allowing Chinese seafood, or Russian seafood laundered through China, to be purchased by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Sullivan previously championed a "Buy American" provision in the 2018 Farm Bill that requires the NSLP to only purchase domesticall  more