Cantwell Statement On Trump Administration’s Latest Rollback Of Offshore Safety Rules
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s announcement to revise the Well Control Rule. “After over $65 billion of damage and bipartisan Congressional oversight hearings on the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, new protections were put in place to […]
Murkowski: Forest Service Must Address Long-Standing Management Failures
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing to examine the president’s budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2019. Interim Chief Vicki Christiansen testified on behalf of the Forest Service. Murkowski opened the hearing by noting the Forest Service will receive greater flexibility in funding as a result of the recent […]
Senator Cantwell Praises Accomplishments Included In Omnibus, But Calls For More Action
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) held a hearing to examine the Fiscal Year 2019 Forest Service Budget. During the hearing, Senator Cantwell remarked that “Getting the wildfire-funding fix enacted into law is something that I…and Senator Wyden…and several members on this side […]
Cantwell, House and Senate Dems to Zinke: Send Beaufort Sea Oil Leasing Proposal Back to the Drawing Board
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), led a Democratic letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling on him to stop preparations for a potential 2019 oil and gas lease sale […]
Cantwell Introduces Legislation To Protect American Coasts From Catastrophic Oil Spills
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), introduced the Clean Coast Act that codifies rules that were finalized by the Department of the Interior in 2016 to address key safety recommendations made after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The legislation is cosponsored by Senators […]
Energy Committee Examines Rural Energy Solutions
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine energy-related challenges and opportunities in remote and rural areas of the United States. “In Alaska, Montana, Hawaii, North Dakota, and any number of states, too many people are living on the edge of what Senator Tim Scott and I call ‘energy insecurity.’ There is […]
Cantwell Statement On Trump Administration Move Against The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), released the following statement regarding the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement today of a 60-day public scoping period to begin the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: […]
Delegation Welcomes Coastal Plain EIS Scoping Announcement
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a 60-day public scoping period as it prepares to draft an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain. “We […]
Murkowski Convenes Oversight Hearing on Deferred Maintenance in National Parks
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee focused on deferred maintenance and the operational needs of the National Park Service (NPS). The deferred maintenance backlog, which currently stands at $11.6 billion, is one of the most significant challenges for NPS to provide a quality visitor experience. […]
Cantwell To Congress: Talk Is Cheap When It Comes To Supporting Our National Parks
Watch video of Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement here. Watch video of Sen Cantwell’s questions here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) called for a greater investment in our National Parks and highlighted the need for a strategic approach to deferred park maintenance. “We […]