Sen. Murkowski Comments on Shell’s Arctic Drilling Program
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement regarding Shell’s decision to suspend operations in Alaska’s offshore waters: “I am extremely disappointed by this decision, just as I have been deeply frustrated by the years-long path that led to it. “In the more than seven years that Shell has held leases in the […]
Sen. Cantwell’s Remarks at the Press Conference on the Democratic Energy Bill
Read the bill text. Read the bill summary. Read the bill one pager. “Thank you all for coming today. I greatly appreciate it. I want to thank my colleagues for being here as well. Particularly, our leadership team of Senator Reid, Sen. Durbin and Sen. Schumer. Clearly, this is a bill that has worked with […]
Murkowski Secures Full Funding for Local Communities and Fire Suppression Efforts in Continuing Resolution
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted language included in the short-term bill to fund the federal government that ensures local communities receive payments in full from the Payments Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for FY 2015 and the federal government has funds available to cover fire suppression efforts from this summer’s wildfire season. Murkowski […]
Senate Democrats Offer Pathway to a Cleaner Energy Future and Economy
Watch Here Read the bill text. Read the bill summary. Read the bill one pager. Washington, DC – Today a group of Senate Democrats released a national energy bill that lays out a Democratic vision for a cleaner energy future. The bill addresses the need for new jobs, updated infrastructure and technological innovation. Specifically, the […]
Tomorrow: Senate Democrats to Unveil Broad Vision for Cleaner Energy Future
Washington, DC – This Tuesday, a group of Senate Democrats led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will introduce a national energy bill that lays out a Democratic vision for a cleaner energy future. The bill addresses the need for new jobs, updated infrastructure and technological […]
Murkowski: Reforms Needed to Ensure FLREA Fees Reasonable
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today pressed officials from multiple federal land management agencies on rising user fees that threaten to make our nation’s public lands, including Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, “uninviting” for visitors. Click photo for video of Sen. Murkowski talking about new fees at Mendenhall Glacier. At the end of last year, the […]
Sen. Cantwell: “Public Visitors to Our Parks Shouldn’t Be the Only Ones Shouldering Higher Fees – So Should Extractive Industries”
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, noted that as fees continue to rise for recreational visitors to our public lands, prices for coal and mining companies remain at historic lows. The senator raised this disparity during a committee hearing on […]
August Recess 2015: Wildfires in Washington
The Senate is back from recess, and Washington, DC is up-and-running again. This past August, Senator Maria Cantwell kept a busy schedule in the state of Washington, hearing from locals on the wildfires raging their communities and on the steps we can take to better protect these communities. She is ranking member of the Senate […]
Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Allow College Land in Glennallen to be Transferred to Further Economic Development
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation that would give the Alaska Bible College the ability to sell land given to it in Glennallen by the federal government in 1959 as a land grant. The bible college later moved to Palmer and now wishes to sell the original property to reduce its operating costs. […]
Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Restore Alexander Creek’s ANCSA Village Status
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate that would settle the long-standing lands claims of the Alaska Native residents of Alexander Creek, Alaska. The legislation would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize Alexander Creek as an Alaska Native village, allowing it to form a village […]