Sen. Murkowski Releases Third CRS Analysis of Obama’s Oil Tax
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a new analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Obama administration’s proposed tax on oil. The report outlines a list of significant unanswered questions and ambiguities in the proposal. “We have astonishingly few details about the President’s proposal, and the few details we do have all […]
Sen. Murkowski: Innovative Technologies Transforming Rural Communities
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, welcomed an up to $1.54 million grant that the Department of Energy awarded to promote the development of a marine hydrokinetic project in Igiugig, Alaska. The development of the technology associated with the project could ultimately help lower energy costs in rural communities across the state. “This is great news […]
Cantwell-Supported Forest Health Grant Proposal Receives $780,000 in Funding for Work in Kittitas, Chelan and Okanogan Counties
Download a PDF of the letter here. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, applauded an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a Washington-based project was awarded $780,000 in funding to advance forest health and restoration work in Kittitas, Chelan and […]
Murkowski at CERAWeek: Access to Energy Resources is Essential to Nation’s Prosperity
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today underscored the need to update our nation’s energy policies in order for the United States to compete in the global energy marketplace. In her remarks at IHS’s CERAWeek, the world’s premier energy summit, Murkowski laid out her vision for the future of our nation’s energy landscape starting with increasing […]
Murkowski Applauds Efforts to Ensure Rural Alaskans Have Voice in Proposed Federal Wildlife Management Rule
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced that it would extend the comment period on a proposed rule on hunting, trapping, and land access in Alaska’s national wildlife refuges by an additional 30 days. The Service’s announcement comes after the entire Alaska congressional delegation […]
Bipartisan Senate Delegation Calls for Regulatory Certainty in Natural Resource Development
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, led 18 of her colleagues on a letter to President Obama raising concerns about the impacts of a Presidential Memorandum he issued late last year on resource mitigation. While the new memorandum is ostensibly meant to increase private investment and streamline federal permitting, Murkowski and her colleagues questioned whether it […]
Department of the Interior: Yakima Water Plan Is a “Model” and “Holistic”
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement here. Washington, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked the Department of the Interior about its commitment to the Yakima River Basin during a hearing on the president’s FY 2017 budget request. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael […]
Sen. Murkowski: Interior’s Budget Troubling for Alaska, Nation
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today pressed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on her department’s $13.4 billion budget request, noting that it would further restrict resource production in federal areas and ignore budget realities by increasing mandatory spending. “I am very troubled by the approach that Interior is trying to take for Alaska and […]
Cantwell Questions Secretary Jewell on the Dangers of Self-Bonding by Coal Companies
Watch Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, questioned Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about self-bonding of coal companies, reforms to the federal coal leasing program and the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Secretary Jewell testified before the committee regarding […]
Sen. Murkowski Releases Second CRS Analysis of Admin.’s Oil Tax
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a new analysis by the Congressional Research Service of the administration’s revised proposed tax on oil, demonstrating that the slight increase in the rate actually costs an additional $8 billion over the next decade – for a total of $319 billion. The White House, which describes the tax […]