Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate today confirmed Gale Norton as President George W. Bush’s nomination for Secretary of the Interior by 75 to 24. Norton was reported out of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Chairman Frank H. Murkowski today applauded the announcement that Committee Staff Director Andrew D. Lundquist has been tapped by President Bush to be Director of the National Energy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today sent the nomination of Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior to the full Senate for approval. Ms. Norton’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Chairman Frank H. Murkowski today told his Senate colleagues, “California needs to make a good faith effort to accept its responsibility in this energy crisis and pay some…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate on Saturday approved Spencer Abraham as Secretary of Energy. Abraham was approved along with other members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet after…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Frank H. Murkowski today announced that they have scheduled confirmation hearings on Thursday, January 18, 2001 for Energy Secretary- designate Spencer Abraham and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its final days, the Senate passed seven energy measures by unanimous consent, three of which were amended to include the text of various Energy Committee bills….
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Chairman Frank H. Murkowski and four other Members of the Committee today signed a letter to President Bill Clinton asking that, in the waning days of the Administration,…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration now predicts that consumers will pay at least 50 percent more for natural gas this winter, compared to last year. “We must…
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – Frank H. Murkowski, United States Senator from Alaska and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, offered the following commentary on today’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– An article in the Los Angeles Times today explains that “…the California Coastal Commission will be approving the creation of a coastal nuclear waste dump just south of…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– “At this moment, U.S. military forces in five Middle East nations are at THREATCON DELTA,” Chairman Frank H. Murkowski said today at the National Press Club. “Threat Condition…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate today passed twelve Energy and Natural Resource Committee bills by unanimous consent. The following bills were cleared by the Senate and now move on to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate late Thursday night passed four Energy and Natural Resource Committee bills by unanimous consent. The bills now move on to the White House for the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– With the addition of $150 million in coastal impact assistance to the Commerce, Justice, State funding measure for fiscal year 2001, an abbreviated version of the Conservation and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate passed HR 2462 (Del. Robert Underwood – Guam), the Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act, late Tuesday night by unanimous consent. The bill directs the Administrator of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late Thursday night, the Senate passed by unanimous consent five measures, three of which were amended to include the text of various Energy Committee bills. Three of…
WASHINGTON, D.C.– “Was the decision to call for the largest draw-down in the history of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve a proper use of the ‘exchange’ authority provided for in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Legislation that would extend the authority for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for three years passed the Senate tonight under unanimous consent with an amendment by Chairman Frank H….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Frank H. Murkowski asked today why no action has been taken by the Clinton Administration to address the liability that the Forest Service faces after breaking…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate last night passed by unanimous consent two resolutions and an Energy and Natural Resources bill that would protect a unique and diverse area in Oregon,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank H. Murkowski plans to hold an oversight hearing on the recent Energy Department decision to release 30 million barrels of crude oil…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate today passed 20 Energy and Natural Resources bills along with one resolution by unanimous consent.. Included in the block of bills that passed was S…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerned about the possibility that oil released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) will not make it to the Northeastern U.S., Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank H….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate yesterday passed 47 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee bills and two resolutions by unanimous consent. Included in this large block of bills was, S….