Chairman's Press
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today introduced resolutions in their respective chambers to honor Denali National Park and Preserve’s upcoming…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted in support of H.J. Res. 38, the Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution to overturn the Obama administration’s so-called “Stream Protection Rule” (SPR)….
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today held a business meeting to approve President Trump’s nominees to be Secretary of the Interior, Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), and Secretary…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., today introduced disapproval resolutions in their respective chambers to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Resource Management Planning rule, which…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after FERC Commissioner Norman Bay announced that he would resign effective Feb. 3, 2017, rather than serve out his full…
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, this week introduced four Alaska-focused bills. The bills would expand the use of clean, renewable hydropower to generate affordable electricity for Alaska…
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a business meeting on Tuesday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m. EST in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after President Trump issued a series of executive documents that will prioritize energy infrastructure and streamline regulatory reviews in the…
**POSTPONED** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today announced the postponement of a business meeting on Tuesday, January 24 at 9:30 a.m. EST in Room 366 of the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired the nomination hearing for President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior (Interior), Congressman Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. Over the course of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today introduced companion bills to accelerate an equal value land exchange between the Alaska Mental…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., today welcomed the release of a report they requested from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining the National Park Service’s (NPS)…
**PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. EST in Room 366 of…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today introduced legislation to authorize a short, one-lane, gravel, non-commercial road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. The road…
**PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 2:15 p.m. EST in Room 366 of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sharply criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Regional Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the Eastern Interior Planning Area of Alaska. “Once…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reintroduced the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act, a bill to facilitate greater local input and require state approval before national monuments can be designated…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today introduced legislation that would allow limited oil and natural gas development within the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, last week sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) urging the agency to withdraw its Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy (DRMS) for the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after President Obama created new National Monuments in Nevada and Utah despite significant local opposition. “I am extremely disappointed that…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement to mark the third anniversary of the Obama administration’s heartless rejection of a life-saving road for the people of King…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s final rule on stream buffer zones for coal mining. “The Obama administration has abused the rule-making process for…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed Federal Plan for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units,…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. “I welcome…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as Secretary of the Department of Energy. “I welcome…