WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and their Senate colleagues sent a letter to the executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) demanding the council rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transpo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently joined 12 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding that the Biden administration press for a broader, more permanent framework of sanctions on Iran from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The letter was led by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Al  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan's (R-Alaska) efforts last week to confirm nearly 370 military nominees received support from the Wall Street Journal and Anchorage Daily News Editorial Boards. "Some on the right are unloading on Sen. Sullivan and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst for disagreeing with a fellow Republican," the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote. "But these GOP Senators are right to alert their colleagues t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to seek comprehensive United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile and drone programs before the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) expires in 2025. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), and Mary Peltola (D-AK) have launched the bipartisan American Seafood Caucus to provide a forum for seafood policy champions to find common ground and ensure that healthy, domestically produced, seafood doesn't take a backseat to foreign products that often don't uphold our quality and sustainability st  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska's U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan announced that the Senate has passed their bipartisan resolution bringing awareness to the environmental, humanitarian, and economic issues facing the Mekong River. The Mekong River is vital for the livelihoods of 60 million people throughout Southeast Asia, and those living along the river face increasing peril due to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: During the 10th anniversary mission of the Last Frontier Honor Flight, a group of 21 Alaska-based veterans and their chaperones traveled to Washington, DC to visit the national memorials which are dedicated in honor of the wartime service and sacrifice of our veterans. Among the group was World War II veteran Harry Olivas of Wasilla, Alaska. The now 97-year-old Mr. Olivas served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) raised the alarm over the rise of fentanyl flowing into communities across Alaska and Indian Country during Senate hearings on Capitol Hill yesterday. During a Senate Appropriations hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Senator Murkowski noted that the emergency at the southern border is exacerbating the opioid crisis impacting   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Florida, issued the following fact sheet: * * * National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security (NCARS) Act U.S. Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Florida) and Scott Peters (D-California) U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Topline: A federal strategy to increase resiliency and protect Americans from natural disasters. Key Points: - The NCARS Act lays out a clear strategy and plan to shore up  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Maria Salazar (R-FL-27) and Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act (NCARS) today to streamline the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health and well-being, critical infrastructure, and natural environments. Increasingly sev  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and their Senate colleagues sent a letter to the executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) demanding the council rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis." "Fentanyl - a potent synthetic opioid - is contr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Hearing Underscored Native Perspectives On Addressing Fentanyl Crisis - Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis." "Fentanyl - a potent synthetic opioid - is  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Yesterday, the Not Invisible Act Commission transmitted its final recommendations to the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Justice, and U.S. Congress. The Not Invisible Act, a bill U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) co-led in 2020, created the Joint Commission on Reducing Crime Against Indians to improve the federal   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: 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 to rise to the top when it comes to suicide  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Bureau of Land Management Principal Deputy Director Nada Wolff Culver involving a hearing on Oct. 25, 2023, on 16 bills. The legislation includes To codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska (S. 175); To amend the Federal Land Policy & Management Act of 1976 to authorize c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Bureau of Land Management Principal Deputy Director Nada Wolff Culver involving a hearing on Oct. 25, 2023, on 16 bills. The legislation includes To codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska (S. 175); To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Jacqueline Emanuel, associate deputy chief at the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service, involving a hearing on Oct. 25, 2023, on 16 bills. The legislation includes To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain construction activities on public lands, and for other purposes (S. 297); Wyoming Public Lands  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, "Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis." "Fentanyl - a potent synthetic opioid - is contributing to a rapid rise in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) introduced the National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security (NCARS) Act today to streamline the federal response to climate hazards that threaten human health and well-being, critical infrastructure, and natural environments. Increa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Co-Chair of the Senate ALS Caucus, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation this week to improve access to quality, interdisciplinary care for people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The ALS Better Care Act would establish a supplemental, facility-based payment in Medicare for ALS-related services and directs the Government Acc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and double the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program, which provides student loan repayment for health care workers who focus on addiction treatment and recovery in underserved areas. This program, which Senators Murkowski and Hassan helped create, is a key part of helping r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release Slope: Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, led his House colleagues Mary Peltola (AK at-large), Kevin Hern (OK-01), and August Pfluger (TX-11) in introducing the bipartisan Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 2023. This legislation will reverse the Biden Department of the Interior (DOI)'s decision to prohibit oil and gas developmen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), the only member of the Senate currently serving in the military, said Monday he is concerned that the ongoing holds on military nominees presents a long-term strategic risk to America's armed forces. In an interview on Fox News Channel's "America Reports," Sen. Sullivan told John Roberts he has heard from officers, who have served their nation honorably for dec  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and American Legion Commander Daniel J. Seehafer, today hosted a press conference celebrating newly-imposed caps on the fees trial lawyers can charge in cases representing Marines, their families, and other individuals impacted by water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The caps, announced in Septembe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 21 of his Senate colleagues yesterday sent a letter to the executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) demanding the council rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The senators warn  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Western Caucus Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, led his fellow Western Caucus colleagues Mary Peltola (AK at-large), Kevin Hern (OK-01), and August Pfluger (TX-11) in introducing the bipartisan Alaska's Right to Produce Act of 2023. This legislation will reverse the Biden Department of the Interior (D  more