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Murkowski Introduces Bill to Honor Recent Veterans of Second Division

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week introduced S. 3315, the “Second Division Memorial Modification Act”.  The legislation would authorize the modification of the existing Second Division Memorial in Washington, D.C., by allowing the Second Indianhead Division Association Scholarship and Memorials Foundation (Foundation) to add three small benches honoring those who have fallen in service […]

Murkowski: 51 Medevacs and Counting from King Cove

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday spoke about an amendment she introduced to S. 2848, the Water Resources Development Act, that would facilitate a life-saving road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. The amendment in identical to legislation she introduced in July and is cosponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). “What the people […]

Murkowski: Park Service Decision is a Victory for Small Business in Alaska

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the National Park Service’s announcement that it will cancel the current contract solicitation, issue temporary contracts for mountaineering guides in Denali National Park and reissue a prospectus for these services in the coming months. The decision reflects the concerns of  Alaska-owned mountaineering businesses with operations in the Park whose […]

DOE to Establish Joint U.S.-Israel Energy Center in 2017

Washington, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, applauded the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for working to establish a joint United States and Israel energy center. The center will be established to advance important energy research and development. At a joint subcommittee hearing of […]

Murkowski: This Is Our Chance to Modernize Our Energy Policy

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened the first meeting of Senate and House conferees to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. This meeting marks the first time since 2005 that the Senate and House have held conference on an energy bill.  “Our task now is to develop a final bill that […]

New Report Calls for Increased Emphasis on Innovation and Clean Electric Power Generation

Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) welcomed the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on innovation for clean energy. Specifically, the report recommends that “the U.S. federal government and state governments should significantly increase their emphasis […]

Cantwell: Let’s work together to get a policy that can move us forward.

Watch Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) spoke during the opening session of the conference committee to resolve differences between the Senate and the House energy bills. This is the first time the 46 members of the committee met. “I […]

Murkowski Welcomes Release of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Report

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the release of the Long-Term Strategic Review of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which was prepared by the Department of Energy ‎for Congress.    “Our nation’s strategic energy reserve is set to enter an era of unprecedented drawdowns, fundamentally transforming its nature and function,” Murkowski said. “We have […]