Cantwell Presses Energy Secretary Perry on Alarming Budget Cuts That Weaken U.S. Energy Position
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) questioned the Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry on the President’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request. Sen. Cantwell expressed doubts that drastic cuts to the Department’s budget will allow the U.S. to effectively support nuclear cleanup sites, secure […]
Murkowski: DOE Must Help Strengthen U.S Leadership in Energy Innovation
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the U.S. Department of Energy’s $28 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018, a $2.7 billion reduction from the current fiscal year. Murkowski opened the hearing by welcoming Secretary Rick Perry back to the […]
Murkowski Welcomes Results of Cook Inlet Lease Sale
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The lease sale was the first to be held in Alaska’s federal offshore waters in almost a decade. “This lease sale is good news for […]
Cantwell, Colleagues To Trump: Act On Russian Cyber Intrusions To U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Senate Colleagues sent a letter to President Trump urging the Department of Energy to conduct an analysis of Russian capabilities with respect to cyber attacks on U.S. energy infrastructure. In the letter, Sens. Cantwell (D-Wash.), Wyden (D-Ore.), […]
Murkowski: Interior Working to Increase Access to Alaska’s Lands and Waters
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $11.7 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018, a reduction of more than $1 billion compared to the current fiscal year. Murkowski opened the hearing by welcoming Secretary […]
Cantwell Questions Interior Secretary Zinke on Baseless and Dangerous Budget Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) questioned the Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke on the President’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request. Sen. Cantwell raised concerns over budget cuts that will limit access to public lands, threaten conservation efforts, and abdicate commitments to […]
Cantwell, Udall To Zinke: Enforce The Methane Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) in a letter to Secretary Zinke, questioned the Department of the Interior’s decision to suspend parts of the Bureau of Land […]
TODAY: Cantwell Questions Trump Administration On Forest Service Budget
Watch video of Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) questioned Forest Service Chief Tidwell regarding the Trump Administration’s Forest Service Budget. In her opening statement Sen. Cantwell said, “The health and vitality of America’s National Forests are of particular […]
Murkowski: Forest Service Should Promote Healthy Forests, Prosperous Economies for Alaskan Communities
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired an oversight hearing held by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the U.S. Forest Service’s $4.7 billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018, which would be about $880 million less than the previous fiscal year. Murkowski opened the hearing by noting that when making tough […]
Cantwell Statement On Trump Administration’s Intent to Ignore Methane Waste Prevention Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s stated intent to ignore the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane and Waste Prevention Rule: “The BLM Methane Rule now has the force of law—and President Trump is […]