Murkowski: Strategic Reserve Critical to Long-Term Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to calls to release oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an attempt to lower gasoline prices: “Once again we are hearing calls from Democrats to tap our nation’s emergency oil supplies to lower prices at the pump. […]
Murkowski: Production Must be Part of an “All-of-the-Above” Energy Policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor about rising gasoline prices and the need to increase domestic production of oil, especially from Alaska. Watch the entire floor speech online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi987636lHQ ### For further information, please contact Robert Dillon at 202.224.6977 or Robert_dillon@energy.senate.gov or Megan Hermann at 202.224.7875 or […]
DOI FY13 Budget Request
“This morning the Committee is reviewing the President’s proposed budget for the Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2013. We are very pleased to have Secretary Salazar back with us in his old Committee room. “The Department’s proposed budget of $11.7 billion in appropriated funds represents a slight increase over current funding levels. In […]
Murkowski: President’s ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Statements Omit Many of the Facts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s recent comments about rising gasoline prices: “While I welcome the president’s stated commitment to develop ‘every available’ energy source and his reluctant acknowledgment that increasing domestic production does help reduce prices, many of his recent comments and […]
Sen. Murkowski Welcomes Hearing on Loan Guarantee Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Chairman Bingaman’s announcement that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee would hold a hearing on the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program next month. “If the loan guarantee programs are going to continue in this era of austerity, we must ensure that they are […]
Bingaman Calls Hearing on Loan Guarantee Program Report
Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 13, on the “Report of the Independent Consultant’s Review with Respect to the Department of Energy Loan and Loan Guarantee Portfolio.” The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room SD-366 of the Dirksen Building. Former Treasury Department official Herbert Allison, who lead […]
Week of February 27 – March 2
On Tuesday, February 28, the full committee will consider the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 proposed budget for the Department of the Interior. Secretary Ken Salazar of the U.S. Department of the Interior will testify. (Dirksen 366 at 10:00 a.m.) Bonus… On Monday, the Committee will welcome Hannah Breul as the latest addition to the Democratic […]
Murkowski Applauds Approval of Shell’s Artic Spill Prevention Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today congratulated the U.S. Department of the Interior for its approval of Shell’s oil discharge prevention and contingency plan for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. “I appreciate Interior’s final approval of Shell’s contingency plan for the Chukchi,” Murkowski said. “Today’s decision confirms what we’ve known for some time […]
Sen. Murkowski Voices Support for Disapproval Resolution on Utility MACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s publication of the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule, or Utility MACT, in the Federal Register, and in support of Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe’s resolution filed under the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the […]
Sen. Murkowski Asks Sec. Chu to Testify at Loan Program Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu if he would be willing to testify at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the department’s loan programs, when one is scheduled. (click picture for video) Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the committee, renewed her request for an […]