Sen. Murkowski Highlights Important Work of USGS, Outlines Areas for Improvement
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today conducted oversight of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during a hearing that focused on the agency’s important mission, its current priorities, and core mandates that lack attention and resources. Murkowski frequently referenced her home state of Alaska during the hearing, where the USGS plays a critical role in helping […]
Cantwell: USGS Is a Critical Partner to Washington in Preparing for and Responding to Natural Disasters and in Watershed Restoration
Read her opening statement here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) called for strengthening programs at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) critical to informing decisions, ensuring public safety and monitoring natural hazards such as volcanoes, landslides and earthquakes that cause tsunamis. The […]
Cantwell: ‘We Must Approve the Agreement Between the United States and Palau’
Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) urged her colleagues to pass a bill (S. 2610) that would approve the 2010 agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau. The agreement would update and extend provisions of the compact that governs […]
Sen. Murkowski Stands Up for Sportsmen and Subsistence in Alaska
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sent a letter to Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pushing back against a rule proposed by the agency that targets Alaska refuges. In the letter, Murkowski casts doubt on the Service’s claims that the proposed rule won’t affect subsistence activities, explains how the proposed […]
Forest Service Announces Five-Year Contract with Spokane’s Aero-Flite for Two, Water-Scooping Aircraft to Fight Fires
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) congratulated Aero-Flite, Inc., of Spokane, on the five-year contract awarded for two of their water-scooping aircraft. The aircraft will be used primarily for the initial attack of wildland fires. “We have to modernize the tools and […]
Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Announce Upcoming Hearing Schedule
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today announced six upcoming hearings that will be held by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The full committee will conduct oversight on issues facing U.S.-affiliated islands and on the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), examine the status of innovative technologies in advanced manufacturing, and review the […]
Sen. Murkowski Highlights Benefits of Alaska Resource Production
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, held a field hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Fairbanks to examine opportunities to create jobs and strengthen national security by increasing Alaska’s resource production. The field hearing was held on Monday at the Pipeline Training Center and featured testimony from stakeholders in Alaska’s oil, gas, […]
Murkowski Slams Interior for Wasting Time, Money on King Cove Study
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Department of the Interior for wasting more than $100,000 on a study of “non-road alternatives” that will not adequately provide emergency medical transportation for the residents of King Cove, Alaska. Murkowski posted the study after Interior, despite a recent public commitment from Secretary Sally Jewell, only provided […]
Democratic Senators Urge President Obama to Keep Nuclear Materials Out of the Hands of Terrorists and Rogue Nations
Read the letter here. Share this news on Twitter. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and five other Democratic senators called for President Obama to redouble efforts to reduce global nuclear weapons threats and proliferations risks. Ahead of this week’s Nuclear Security […]
Senate Democrats Push CFTC to Curb Excessive Speculation in Futures Contracts
Read the letter to CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad here. Washington, D.C. – Last week, leading Senate Democrats urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to finish a long-delayed rule to curb the number of futures contracts a trader can hold on certain commodities including oil, natural gas and gold. The CFTC, in 2013, revised its […]