Sen. Murkowski: Supreme Court Decision Provides for Review of EPA Compliance Orders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision upholding the right of land owners to have a court review attempts to regulate use of their private property by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “The Sacketts’ story exemplifies the impact of EPA overreach on the personal property rights […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Progress on King Cove Access Road
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the release of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s environmental impact statement on construction of an emergency road to connect the remote communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an environmental impact statement (EIS) on […]
Week Ahead: March 19 – 23
On Tuesday, March 20, the full committee will consider the nominations of Adam Sieminski to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration; Marcilynn Burke to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Anthony Clark and John Norris to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Rescheduled from March 14. (Dirksen 366 at 10:00 a.m.) […]
Facts from the Energy Information Administration
As happens periodically, gasoline prices are back in the news. Predictably, there is much discussion about this in Washington. (We notice the volume is always louder in even-numbered years.) As Senator Bingaman often has said, it’s important to keep these discussions grounded in actual facts. That’s why we are glad today to see this report […]
Sen. Murkowski: ‘All of the Above’ Should Be More Than Rhetoric
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, went to the Senate floor today to speak about the importance of a rational energy policy, including serious steps to increase domestic oil production, and to respond to President Obama’s comments on high energy prices. “It was a step forward for the President to embrace Republicans’ long-standing […]
Statistics “Speak for Themselves”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned Interior Department officials about the decline in oil production from federal lands and waters – despite the President’s claims that production is up. President Obama has said that “under my administration, America is producing more oil today than at any time in the last eight […]
Sen. Murkowski Expresses Disappointment in BLM-OSM Merger Analysis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today responded to an analysis released by the Interior Department related to its plan to merge the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) into the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). “While I appreciate Interior’s commitment to avoid violations of its statutory responsibilities, this analysis fails to quantify how […]
Sen. Murkowski: President Should Look Closer to Home for Critical Minerals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement that the administration was filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization over China’s policy of restricting export of its rare earth minerals: “The president wants to sue the Chinese for something that we could – […]
U.S. Innovation and Loan Guarantees
“Today’s hearing will provide us an independent snapshot on the loan programs within the Department of Energy that were created in the 2005 and 2007 energy bills. Mr. Allison has considerable expertise, both within the government and in the private sector. He has produced a useful review of how the programs are being administered, including […]
Murkowski: Implementation of DOE Loan Programs Requires Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed a willingness to reform the Department of Energy’s loan programs but said that if she had to grade DOE’s handling of the programs it would “not receive a passing grade.” Her comments came during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s long-awaited oversight hearing, which […]