Sen. Murkowski’s Statement on Rio Tinto’s Divestment of Pebble Interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released the following statement on Rio Tinto’s decision to divest its 19-percent shareholder interest in Northern Dynasty Minerals and the Pebble gold, copper, and molybdenum prospect in Southwest Alaska: “I appreciate the way Rio Tinto is handling this decision. Instead of simply divesting, it has committed to investing in […]
Sen. Murkowski Announces $14 Million in Secure Rural Schools Payments to Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Forest Service that Alaskan communities will receive more than $14 million to support local schools and roads as part of the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. “In a perfect world, the Secure Rural Schools program […]
Sen. Murkowski’s Bill Protecting Alaska Family’s Cabin from Demolition Passed by Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today applauded the passage of her bill securing protection of a privately owned subsistence cabin on an Alaska Native veteran allotment within the Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge from demolition by federal land managers. The Senate unanimously supported Murkowski’s amendment to protect the cabin. The language allows […]
Sen. Murkowski Statement on Coast Guard Report on Kulluk Grounding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released the following statement on the U.S. Coast Guard report on the investigation into 2012 grounding of Shell’s Kulluk mobile drilling unit at Alaska’s Sitkalidak Island: “I commend the Coast Guard for conducting a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding the grounding of the Kulluk near […]
Sen. Murkowski: Coast Guard Cost Estimate is Further Proof Road is Only Viable Option
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) yesterday wrote her fourth letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell since the rejection of a lifesaving road for the people of King Cove, Alaska. This new letter was in response to a suggestion from Jewell that the U.S. Coast Guard could establish a permanent air station on […]
Sen. Murkowski Reiterates Call to Lift Restrictions on Crude Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today repeated her call for the Obama administration to end the ban on crude oil exports during testimony before a House Foreign Affairs Committee subcommittee. (Click to see video of Sen. Murkowski’s remarks) “In an era of doubt and deficits, the North American energy renaissance present an […]
Sen. Murkowski: Commerce Department has Authority to Allow Condensate Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today released a report demonstrating that the Department of Commerce retains the power to modernize its regulations and allow condensate exports. The report contains more than 40 pages of Commerce Department decisions from the 1970s and 1980s on expanded exports of residual fuel oil, petroleum coke, butane, […]
Sen. Murkowski: Fifth Coast Guard Medevac of the Year in King Cove
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today spoke on Senate floor about the latest U.S. Coast Guard medevac out of King Cove, Alaska, and the continued need for an access road to link the remote Alaska Peninsula community with reliable medical care in an emergency. (Click to play video of Sen. Murkowski’s floor […]
APPA, EEI, and NRECA Voice Support for Efforts to Discover Source of FERC Leak
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today received a letter from the American Public Power Association (APPA), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) expressing support for the senators’ request last week for an examination of the leak of sensitive Federal Energy Regulatory Commission […]
Senators Call for Review of National Park Service Spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), today called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the National Park Service’s administrative structure and spending habits in an effort to save the taxpayer money. In a letter to GAO Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro, the […]