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09.12.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement this morning at a meeting of the House…

08.01.02

A group of Senators today announced a new effort to develop a comprehensive national strategy to prevent forest fires and address the troubling forest health conditions plaguing our federal forests….

07.30.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski made the following statement today regarding a number of bills during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands Management…

07.25.02

WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement after a meeting of the House and Senate…

07.24.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, the Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement at a committee hearing on America’s needed…

07.18.02

SAYS MEETING WITH ABRAHAM AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS OFFERS PRODUCTIVE AND IMPORTANT DIALOGUE WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,…

07.17.02

WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement regarding the need for the Senate and the…

07.16.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement on the need for a new forest fire…

07.11.02

GAO DISPUTES REP. MARKEY’S TALE BASELESS COMPARISONS AKIN TO YELLING FIRE IN A CROWDED THEATER, SAYS MURKOWSKI WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy…

07.10.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski today released the following statement during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the President’s proposed Department of Homeland Security. “Let me…

07.10.02

WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate adopted the Yucca Mountain resolution….

07.09.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski today made the following statement on Yucca Mountain, as the Senate moved to consider the resolution approving the site for licensing by the…

06.27.02

WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today participated in the first meeting of the Energy Bill Conference. He released…

06.26.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the making Yucca Mountain a permanent repository for high level nuclear waste and spent…

06.25.02

DASCHLE, MURKOWSKI URGE SENATE TO HELP DEVELOP AMERICAN NATURAL GAS ON HEELS OF NEW FINDINGS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK) today…

06.20.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech on the Senate floor, Senator Frank H. Murkowski today spoke of the process outlined by Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 by which the…

06.19.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member on the Senate Energy Committee spoke today on the floor of the Senate and called on his colleagues to approve Yucca…

06.05.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski today released the following statement after the Senate Energy Committee approved Senate Joint Resolution 34 by a vote of 13 to 10, approving…

05.22.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, the Ranking Member on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement today at the second of three hearings on…

05.16.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy Committee, today welcomed updated estimates for the oil potential of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, calling the new…

05.15.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy Committee, today released the following statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Enron’s…

04.25.02

SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL AMENDMENTS MAKE SWEEPING CHANGES TO ORIGINAL MEASURE WASHINGTON – Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the…

04.25.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski today called the end of the six-week energy debate that culminated with passage of the Senate Energy bill a victory for President George…

04.23.02

WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Frank Murkowski today won Senate approval for a tax incentive designed to make construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48 economically feasible….

04.22.02

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today filed a tax proposal amendment to the pending Senate energy bill that…