WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven this week sent a letter, led by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall pressing the Air Force to begin implementing the cold weather special duty pay for servicemembers based in certain locations, including North Dakota. The cold weather special duty pay is a result of a provision the senator supported in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today announced several new staff, fellows, and interns who will serve in her Washington, DC office. "I'm proud to announce the newest additions to my team, all of whom will be based in Washington, DC. Each individual brings diverse skills and a passion for serving our great state of Alaska," Murkowski said. "I'm glad to have them on board and confident their contribution  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan AI Transparency in Elections Act to require disclaimers on political ads with images, audio, or video that are substantially generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The legislation requires political ads created or altered by AI to have a disclaimer, except when AI is used for only minor alterations, such as color edit  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Effort Aims to Address Financial Burdens for Servicemembers, Military Suicide Crisis U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) led a group of her Senate colleagues in two letters urging U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to begin implementing the cold weather special duty pay for servicemembers based in certain locations, a provision Senator Murkowski led in the F  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on March 5, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Interior announced $72 million in federal funding for home electrification projects on Tribal lands. The funding for 21 tribes comes from DOI's Tribal Electrification Program which was cre  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 accident, the East Palestine train derailment and other ongo  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and North Dakota's Senate delegation sent two letters urging U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to begin implementing the cold weather special duty pay for service members based in certain locations, a provision Senator Sullivan and Murk  more