Murkowski: Public Land Users Have Been Hit Hard By COVID-19 Pandemic
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on users of public lands, forests, and national parks. The committee received testimony from witnesses representing the outdoor recreation industry, ranchers, water providers, state wildlife agencies, and a nonprofit foundation that partners with the National Park Service. In her opening statement, […]
Manchin’s Great American Outdoors Act Heads To President’s Desk
Manchin’s Great American Outdoors Act Heads To President’s Desk Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act by the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 310-107. The package passed the […]
Manchin And Risch Ask DOE To Include Energy Providers In Development Of Grid Security Protocol
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette encouraging him to engage with developers and providers of bulk power system equipment throughout the agency’s efforts to protect the security and […]
Murkowski Welcomes NEPA Modernization Rule
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a final rule to modernize the federal regulations that govern the environmental review and permitting processes under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970. “For decades, projects in Alaska and throughout the country have languished as a result of a federal permitting process […]
Murkowski Welcomes Finalized Hilcorp-BP Sale
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the announcement of Hilcorp’s acquisition of BP’s Alaska upstream assets. “I’m very pleased to see this transaction move forward and appreciate Hilcorp’s commitment to Alaska,” Murkowski said. “This announcement is particularly welcome news for our state as we work to rebuild our economy. Hilcorp […]
Energy & Natural Resources Committee Considers COVID-19 Impacts On United States Territories
To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s opening remarks, please click here. To watch a video of Senator Manchin’s questioning, please click here. Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. territories. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking […]
ICYMI: Murkowski, Manchin Make Case for American Energy Innovation Act
ICYMI – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., took to the Senate floor this week to urge their colleagues to pass the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA), rather than leaving behind years of important bipartisan work and resigning our nation’s energy policies to at least another year without modernization. Click photo […]
Manchin To Oppose Pendley To Be Director Of BLM
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on his decision to oppose the nomination of William Pendley to be the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. “I will oppose the nomination of William Pendley to be the Director of […]
Murkowski Convenes Hearing Focused on COVID-19 Impacts on U.S. Territories
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “All of our states face challenges in fighting the spread and impact of COVID-19. The territories face additional hurdles, […]
Manchin Applauds Appalachian Energy Report
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded the renewed attention of the U.S. Department of Energy on North Central Appalachia in a report released this afternoon entitled The Appalachian Energy and Petrochemical Renaissance. “I have long believed that energy-rich Appalachia is well positioned […]