Cantwell Statement On Republican Attempt To Hand Over Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the attempt to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling for oil and gas: “With another Republican Congress comes another attempt to turn over this iconic national wildlife refuge to the […]
Cantwell Statement On Secretary Zinke’s Taxpayer-Funded Travel
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 use of a private flight funded by taxpayer dollars: “Using taxpayer money to charter a private flight on an oil executive’s plane is not how the Secretary of the Interior should […]
Murkowski Comments on Senate Budget Resolution
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Senate Budget Committee unveiled its budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2018. “I am pleased to see an instruction for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2018. This provides an excellent opportunity for our committee to […]
Today: Cantwell Condemns Zinke’s Efforts To Dismantle Sage Grouse Conservation Plan
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 decision to roll back bipartisan, collaborative conservation plans: “After spending this entire year wasting tax payer dollars on conducting a sham report to hand over our public lands to the oil […]
Cantwell, Colleagues To Trump: We Must Do More For Puerto Rico And USVI
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, led by Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), 40 senators sent a letter to President Trump to express deep concern about the situation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the […]
Murkowski Announces Departure of Staff Director, Names Successor to Lead Committee
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that her Staff Director on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Colin Hayes, will depart at the end of the month. She also announced that Brian Hughes, who currently serves as the committee’s Deputy Staff Director, will succeed Colin as Staff Director. “With Colin at the helm, I […]
Cantwell Addresses Humanitarian Crisis In Puerto Rico At Energy And Natural Resources Hearing
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s remarks YouTube here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) called attention to the role of the federal government in Puerto Rico’s disaster recovery: During opening statements Senator Cantwell said, “I want to start with the crisis in Puerto Rico and […]
Committee Reviews Nominees for Critical Leadership Positions at the Department of Energy
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 key positions at the Department of Energy (DOE). The nominees were Bruce Walker to be Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and Steven Winberg to be Assistant Secretary for […]
Cantwell Responds To Secretary Zinke’s Attacks On Department Of The Interior Employees
Washington D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding Secretary Zinke’s attacks on the Department of the Interior employees: “The public servants at the Department of the Interior deserve respect from the man charged with leading them—not cheap shots in the […]
Cantwell Statement On Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, released the following statement on Puerto Rico: “I would hope that our colleagues would work hard to make sure that there is a full federal FEMA declaration for […]