Sen. Murkowski Comments on Progress of Alaska Natural Gas Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commented on the agreement signed between the state of Alaska, TransCanada, and the state’s three major oil producers for a proposed North Slope liquefied natural gas project: “I applaud the progress Gov. Sean Parnell’s office has made in advancing a natural gas development project,” Murkowski said. […]
Sen. Murkowski Calls for Renovating the Architecture of U.S. Energy Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today spoke on the Senate floor about the economic and geopolitical opportunities that increased energy exports present for the United States. “The energy resurgence has fueled a beneficial expansion of the U.S. energy trade. The evidence is clear that exports can help facilitate enhanced production by opening […]
Sen. Murkowski Comments on Final Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of the final watershed assessment of state-owned lands in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region: “EPA’s assessment stops short of prohibiting responsible development in the Bristol Bay watershed, but the agency has strongly implied that this report will be a basis […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Additions to Energy Committee Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced several additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The new staff hires include Alaskans Mimi Braniff and Chelsea Thompson. Cathy Cahill is also joining the committee as a congressional fellow. “Mimi, Chelsea, and Cathy will be valuable additions to […]
Sen. Murkowski Urges President to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to lift the prohibition on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Doing so, Murkowski wrote, will allow American producers to access global markets, which will boost production, protect jobs, and increase our energy security. Murkowski called […]
Sen. Murkowski Slams Sec. Jewell for Turning Her Back on Alaskans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today slammed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on the Senate floor for rejecting a proposed road that would provide the remote Alaska community of King Cove with emergency medical access needed to protect local residents. Murkowski called the decision “heartless,” saying it endangers residents and ignores […]
Wyden, Rockefeller Demand Investigation, Review of Crude Oil Transportation Safety Practices and Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In the wake of a series of explosive train derailments containing crude oil – including two in the last two weeks – Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, wrote a […]
Sen. Murkowski Calls for End to U.S. Ban on Crude Oil Exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for the federal government to end the prohibition against exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Murkowski also released a white paper on U.S. energy export policy, A Signal to the World: Renovating the Architecture of U.S. Energy Exports, at an event held at […]
Sen. Murkowski Denounces Interior Secretary’s Heartless Decision on King Cove
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today denounced as heartless and ill-informed the decision by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject a proposed lifesaving road for the isolated Alaska community of King Cove. “I am angered and deeply disappointed by Jewell’s decision to continue to put the lives of the people of King […]
Wyden, Crapo Introduce Bipartisan Wildfire Funding Reform Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Today Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced a bill to reform federal wildfire policy, target more funding for fire prevention, and treat the largest wildfires as natural disasters. “This is about as common-sense as it gets: Congress needs to fund the […]