Murkowski: Streamlining the Federal Permitting Process is Essential to Modernizing U.S. Energy Infrastructure
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing to examine the permitting processes for energy and resource infrastructure projects at the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The hearing focused on permitting challenges and opportunities to improve the responsiveness, transparency, and predictability of permit reviews. “We all […]
Cantwell Statement On $91 Million Illegally Withheld From Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding a Government Accountability Office (GAO) letter notifying Congress that the Department of Energy (DOE) violated the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by withholding $91 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy […]
Cantwell To Zinke: Stand With Tax-Paying Americans, Not Industry Special Interests
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s opening remarks here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in a hearing to examine federal permitting for energy and resource infrastructure projects criticized Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke’s ongoing actions to hand over public lands to extractive industries instead of ensuring […]
Committee Advances Two Nominations
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today held a business meeting to advance two of President Trump’s nominees for the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to the Senate floor: Dr. Tim Petty to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science; and Dr. Linda Capuano […]
Cantwell Statement On Delay Of BLM Methane Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), released the following statement regarding the final rule to delay the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Waste Prevention Rule: “Secretary Zinke should enforce the law and stop trying to reward wasting taxpayer resources. This latest attempt to […]
Cantwell Statement On Zinke’s Continued Lavish Travel Using Taxpayer Money
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding Secretary Zinke’s helicopter habit: “I am calling on the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General to add Secretary Zinke’s use of taxpayer-funded helicopter rides to the ongoing investigation into his use of taxpayer-funded private […]
Cantwell Statement On The Confirmation Of Joseph Balash
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), released the following statement regarding the confirmation of Mr. Balash for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management: “Mr. Balash is now in a position to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s previous objection to […]
Cantwell Statement On Underwhelming Arctic Oil Lease Sales
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s largest-ever lease offering within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that yielded only 7 bids: “The dismal response to this lease sale proves what we’ve been saying all along: even the […]
Murkowski Statement on New FERC Chairman
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the swearing-in of Kevin McIntyre to begin a five-year term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), starting today as the Commission’s chairman. “I’m pleased to learn that Mr. McIntyre was sworn in this morning, bringing FERC to a full complement of Commissioners for […]
Murkowski Named to Reconciliation Conference Committee
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was selected today to serve on the Conference Committee for H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The conference committee will reconcile House and Senate legislation to reform the tax code and open a small portion of the non-wilderness 1002 Area in northeast Alaska to responsible energy development. “I’m […]