Delegation Hails Landmark Agreement for Life-Saving Road
Interior Department, King Cove Sign Land Exchange Agreement Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Department of the Interior and the King Cove Corp. signed an agreement authorizing a small land exchange needed to construct a short, gravel, life-saving road […]
Cantwell Calls Out Zinke’s Political Play In Offshore Oil Deal
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding Walter Cruickshank’s, acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), statement that Florida is not off the table for offshore drilling activities. Cruickshank’s statement contradicts Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s statement a […]
Cantwell Calls On Department Of Energy To Improve Safety Culture At Hanford
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s full opening remarks here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) questioned Trump administration nominee, Anne Marie White, regarding the Department of Energy’s ability to improve and maintain worker safety at Hanford. If confirmed, Anne Marie White would be the Assistant […]
Energy Committee Considers Two Nominees
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider two of President Trump’s nominees for the Department of Energy (DOE). The nominees were Melissa Burnison to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and Anne White to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for […]
Cantwell Statement On Mass Resignation Of National Park Service Advisory Board
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the resignation of 9 National Park Service Advisory Board members: “Secretary Zinke’s refusal to even meet with members of the National Park Service Advisory Board is further evidence of the Trump Administration’s disregard […]
IEA: Technology, Policy Position U.S. As Global Energy Leader
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing focused on the domestic and global energy outlook, featuring testimony from the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Dr. Fatih Birol. During the hearing, Murkowski and Birol discussed the significant improvements taking place in energy technologies and energy policy, ranging from the increased production […]
Cantwell Slams Zinke’s Last Minute Exemption For Florida
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) wrote to Secretary Zinke blasting his decision to exclude Florida from future oil and gas activities while ignoring the local voices of the Governors and states that formally requested their coasts be excluded from future oil and gas […]
Cantwell, Gardner Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Firefighting Technology
Washington D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced the Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act of 2017, a bill designed to bring firefighting agencies into the 21st century. This bill will increase firefighter safety by requiring the Forest Service […]
Murkowski and Cantwell Welcome Capito and Smith
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, today welcomed two new members to the committee: Sens. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Tina Smith, D-Minn. “We welcome Sens. Capito and Smith to our committee and look forward to working with them on a […]
Cantwell Statement On FERC’s Unanimous Rejection Of Trump’s Proposed Coal Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) unanimous decision this afternoon rejecting the Trump administration’s September proposal to subsidize coal and nuclear plants in competitive electric markets. “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did the […]