Cantwell: Breakthrough Agreements on Energy and Natural Resources Are Being Left Behind by House Leadership
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, put out the following statement on the energy and natural resources agreement left behind by House leadership: “The conference committee reached breakthrough agreements on forest fire funding and important forest management reforms that have defied resolution […]
Chairman Murkowski Releases Update on Energy & Natural Resources Bill
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the status of her broad, bipartisan energy and natural resources bill. “For two years, we have provided a textbook example of how the regular order process is supposed to work for congressional legislation. We began with listening sessions, hearings, and a committee markup last […]
Cantwell, Murray, Wyden Call on Top Energy Official to Immediately Implement New Worker Safety Recommendations
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) urged the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to take immediate action to protect workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, in the state of Washington, by implementing new safety recommendations. The recommendations were released this week after […]
EPA’s Unnecessary, Burdensome CERCLA Rule Will Harm Mining, Manufacturing in America
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft rulemaking that would impose new CERCLA 108(b) financial assurance regulations on hardrock mines, a move that defies strong congressional opposition, ignores the concerns of states and small businesses, and threatens the nation’s mineral security. “I have […]
Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Issue Joint Statement on Energy Conference
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, today issued a joint statement on the current status of the energy bill conference report. “Last Friday evening, we received a counteroffer on the energy bill conference report from our House colleagues. After […]
Just in Time for Thanksgiving, FWS Releases Absolute Turkey of a Mitigation Policy
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for finalizing a new, revised mitigation policy that will make development more difficult and more expensive throughout the nation, including in Alaska. “I oppose this mitigation policy, as well as the presidential memorandum which is its foundation. I am seriously concerned […]
Murkowski Questions Last Minute Administrative Maneuvering by Park Service
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) this week sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis requesting an immediate 60-day extension of the public comment period for Director’s Order #100, regarding “Resource Stewardship for the 21st Century.” The Park Service is attempting to finalize this sweeping last-second policy proposal by the end of […]
Alaska Delegation Slams Decision to Strip Arctic Leases from New OCS Plan
Decision Harms Alaska’s Economy, Threatens Affordable Energy U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today condemned the Obama administration’s decision to remove two Alaska lease sales – one each in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas – from its “Proposed Final Program” for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leasing […]
Cantwell Commends Administration’s Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) applauded the administration’s proposed final program of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The 2017-2022 program, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, establishes a schedule […]
Cantwell Wins the Fight to Defeat Offshore Oil Revenue Sharing
Download a PDF of her statement here. Watch her floor speech here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) led the fight to defeat a proposal to incentivize states to drill offshore. The proposal, drafted by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), was intended to promote offshore […]