Murkowski Calls for Protection of Electrical Grid
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 30, 2010 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Calls for Protection of Electrical Grid WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called for cyber protection of the nation’s electrical grid after comments by a senior Obama administration […]
Murkowski: EPA Continues to Avoid the Tough Questions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 29, 2010 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Murkowski: EPA Continues to Avoid the Tough Questions Agency Answers Just 2 of 13 Questions WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today requested a meeting with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to […]
Murkowski Announces $2.15 million disbursement to Study North Slope Coastline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 25, 2010 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Murkowski Announces $2.15 million disbursement to Study North Slope Coastline WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was awarded $2.25 million in […]
Son of the West
Stewart Udall, who was Secretary of the Interior in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and one of the most influential figures in protecting America’s natural environment, died last week at his home in Santa Fe. Sen. Bingaman paid respect this week to his late friend and advisor. MR. BINGAMAN: “Mr. President, I rise […]
Senate Energy Advisory: Tuesday Schedule Delayed
With the scheduled signing of the health insurance reform bill tomorrow, Senate Energy Committee will put off its business meeting to a later date and time to be determined. Also possible: The Senate’s work timetable on Tuesday may result in a postponement of our afternoon subcommittee hearing. Stay tuned here on our website for up-to-the-minute […]
The Week Ahead (March 22-26)
On Tuesday, March 23, the full committee will hold a business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffrey Lane to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs. The committee also will consider consensus committee amendments to S. 1462, the American Clean Energy Leadership Act; H.R. 934, to convey submerged lands to the […]
Murkowski responds to auto industry letter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 17, 2010 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Responds to Auto Industry Letter WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers’ letter regarding Environmental Protection Agency […]
Murkowski critical of DOE’s decision to drop Yucca license application
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977 MARCH 16, 2010 or ANNE JOHNSON (202) 224-7875 Sen. Murkowski Critical of Efforts to Drop Yucca Mountain from List of Options on Nuclear Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following speech on the Senate floor […]
$600,000,000
ACTIONS BY SENATORS DORGAN AND BINGAMAN SAVE TAXPAYERS $600 MILLION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAYS The two senators stopped the Bush Administration from buying oil at its highest prices and putting it in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (WASHINGTON, DC) –U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) stopped the Bush Administration from filling the […]
The Week Ahead (March 15-19)
The Week Ahead (March 15-19) On Tuesday, March 16, the Subcommittee on Water and Power will receive testimony on the Bureau of Reclamation’s implementation of the SECURE Water Act, (Title 9501 of P.L. 111-11) and the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART program, which includes the WaterSMART Grant Program, the Basin Study Program and the Title XVI […]