Senate Passes Bipartisan Legislation Enabling Millions of Medical Diagnoses
Contacts: Rosemarie Calabro (Bingaman), 202.224.5039 Megan Hermann (Murkowski), 202.224.7875 Last night, the Senate passed S. 99, the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011. This bipartisan bill, with Senators Bingaman and Murkowski as original co-sponsors, was reported unanimously by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources last April. Senator Bingaman: “Millions of […]
OSM, BLM Consolidation
“Today the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will receive testimony on the Secretary of the Interior’s Order No. 3315 to Consolidate and Establish the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement within the Bureau of Land Management. This Order was signed by Secretary Salazar on the 26th of October. I hope that we […]
Proposed Merger Means Loss of Independence for Regulatory Agency
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed concern and frustration over Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s order to “consolidate” the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). “I’m not convinced the decision to merge OSM into BLM is legally valid or good public policy,” Murkowski said at Thursday’s Senate […]
Sen. Murkowski: Regular Review Would Improve Energy Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Quadrennial Energy Review Act (S.1703): “I welcome the opportunity to consider the Administration’s recent technology review and our bipartisan legislation to establish a Quadrennial Energy Review. “I have long believed that our […]
Department of Energy’s Quadrennial Technology Review
“Today we are here to discuss innovation in energy technology and the prioritization and integration of the government’s energy activities. These issues are critically important to the country’s energy future and to the work of the Committee. Success in the task will mean the development of environmentally responsible energy technologies that will strengthen America’s competitiveness […]
Sens. Murkowski and Inhofe Again Ask for Answers on Utility MACT Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, sent letters to Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Office of Management and Budget Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein regarding the lack of response to previous questions about the proposed Mercury and Air Toxic Standards or “Utility MACT rule.” The […]
Wrap-Up of November 10th Mark-Up
In a mark-up today, Senate Energy Committee reported four nominations and 27 bills. It was the committee’s fifth mark-up this year. All items approved today are eligible for consideration by the full Senate: With a unanimous voice vote, the committee reported the following nominations: — Gregory H. Woods to be General Counsel of […]
The Week Ahead: Nov. 14-18
— On Monday, November 14, the full committee will examine Marcellus Shale Gas development and production in West Virginia. Witnesses include Anthony Cugini, director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV; James Coleman, task leader of the Energy Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey; Jon Capacasa, director of the Water Protection Division Region 3, Environmental Protection […]
Letter to the President on Supercomputing
November 8, 2011 The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We write to you to ask for your continued support and leadership to advance the Department of Energy’s (DOE) exascale computing initiative. America’s leadership in high performance computing (HPC) is essential to a vast range of […]
LNG Export Approvals, Market Impacts
“Thank you all for coming today. The subject of this hearing is to discuss liquefied natural gas, or LNG, and what role it might play in the future of the U.S. natural gas industry. “We had a hearing in 2005 on the future of LNG. And the hearing topic from 2005 and today sound […]