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ICYMI: The Oil Export Ban – A Relic of the 1970s (WSJ)

ICYMI: The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by John Hess on Friday in favor of ending the 40-year prohibition on exporting most U.S. crude oil production. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has long advocated for lifting the export ban. In a speech to energy leaders last […]

Cantwell: Saving Taxpayer Dollars and Reducing Carbon Pollution Make Efficiency a Win-Win Solution

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.) ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, heard testimony from several of the nation’s leading experts on energy efficiency. During a full committee hearing, Sen. Cantwell called for embracing energy efficiency policies because efficiency saves consumers money, strengthens the economy, adds flexibility to […]

U.S. Oil Export Ban is De Facto Sanctions Regime Against Ourselves

U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., today urged their Senate colleagues to support an amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act that would end the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports and allow American producers to compete with Iran on the global market. In a colloquy on the Senate floor, Sens. Murkowski […]

Sen. Murkowski Announces $11.7 Million in Secure Rural Schools Payments

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Forest Service that Alaskan communities will receive nearly $11.7 million to support local schools and roads as part of Congress’ two-year reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS). “Until we agree to return to actively managing our national forests […]

National Parks Conservation Association Honors Sen. Murkowski

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was honored today by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for her support for protecting public lands. The National Park Heritage Award commemorates Murkowski for including national park legislation in a bipartisan lands package she negotiated on the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The lands package, which Murkowski shepherded through […]

Sen. Murkowski: QER Highlights Need to Modernize America’s Energy Policies

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today offered to work with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to update the nation’s energy infrastructure and modernize federal energy policies as part of broad energy legislation she is putting together with the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Murkowski’s comments came during a full committee hearing focused […]

Cantwell Calls for Upgrades to U.S. Energy Infrastructure

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.) ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, heard testimony from Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on the agency’s release of the first installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review. During a full committee hearing, Sen. Cantwell called for enabling new technologies to benefit consumers, […]

Sen. Barrasso: LNG Exports Will Create Jobs & Reduce Trade Deficit

Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released its first in a series of videos to highlight the priorities of the Republican members of the committee for the 114th Congress. Two member videos will be released per week over the next six weeks. In today’s video, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., highlighted the […]

Cantwell Secures Victories for Communities Near National Forests

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.) ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that the U.S. Forest Service will provide nearly $19 million to communities near national forests in Washington state and will hold an additional listening session on the proposed Northwest Forest Plan near the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on Tuesday, May 5.