WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments fro  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments from the Coast Guard that t  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments from the Coast Guard that the  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Yesterday, the Committee held a hybrid listening session, "Public Safety & Justice Resources in Native Communities," to hear from Native leaders, individuals, and organizations on public safety matters affecting their communities. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Yesterday, the Committee held a hybrid listening session, "Public Safety & Justice Resources in Native Communities," to hear from Native leaders, individuals, and organizations on public safety matters affecting their communities. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12612) on March 18, 2024. The white paper by natural resources policy specialist Mariel J. Murray and research librarians Ben Leubsdorf and Nik Taylor. Here are excerpts: * * * American Indian, Alaska Native, and Tribal Population Data Overview Federal agencies collect population data, including on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and federally recognized tribes  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse's (WA-04) resolution denouncing the anti-American energy policies of the Biden Administration passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 217-200. "President Biden's energy policy has been a disaster for the American people, resulting in higher costs for consumers and less jobs for Rural America," sai  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- 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),warned this morning on CNBC's Squawk Box that the Biden administration's freeze on new LNG export permits diminishes U.S. national security and drives America's allies to U.S. adversaries. Sen. Sullivan discussed conversations he had with European and Asian leaders at the Munich Security Conference in February, wher  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, Representatives Mary Peltola (D-AK-AL), Jim Baird (R-IN-04), Rick Larsen (D-WA-02), and Mark Amodei (R-NV-02) introduced H.R. 7727, the Arctic Diplomacy Act, a bipartisan bill to establish an Ambassador at-Large for the Arctic region. The legislation would mandate filling the position of Arctic Ambassador, making it a requirement for any administration to have an official in   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today welcomed the announcement of more than $30.4 million for 42 climate resilience projects in tribal communities in Alaska. These awards, made through funding provided by Congress through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Energy and Natur  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: This week, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution (S.Res. 597) led by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), respectively, honoring the notable achievements of Alaska Native, American Indian, and Native Hawaiian women have mad  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program made possible by the senators' "Connecting America's Active Transportation System" provision in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, celebrated the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) announcement that appl  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- 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), welcomed a new U.S. Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan this week that finally complies with a provision he secured in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Navy to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious vessels, 10 of which must be assault ships. In April 2023, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will hand deliver a letter today at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, to President Biden's Climate Envoy John Podesta urging an "immediate reversal" of the Biden administration's ban on new LNG exports and warning of the "dire national security and foreign policy implications" as a result of th  more