Chairman's Press
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed action by the House of Representatives to appoint conferees and go to conference on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. The House’s…
Today, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Mike Crapo, R-Idaho; and Jim Risch, R-Idaho released draft legislation aimed at improving forest management and wildfire budgeting….
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sent a letter to Neil Kornze, Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), calling on the agency to drop its proposed Resource Management Planning…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a field hearing on Tuesday, May 31, to examine the challenges and impacts…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pressed the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to maintain all three lease sales proposed for Alaska’s outer-continental shelf (OCS) in its final program…
Alaska’s congressional delegation – Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young – on Tuesday sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging the Department to keep…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today conducted oversight of the innovation taking place in the nation’s advanced nuclear industry. Murkowski highlighted a range of emerging technologies, the need to remove…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today examined the qualifications of Susan Beard to be inspector general of the Department of Energy. Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced four hearings that will be held over the next two weeks. The full committee will consider the Department of Energy’s nominee…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, on Thursday sent a letter to Energy Secretary…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced the 13 rural communities selected for targeted technical assistance funding as part of the next phase of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Remote…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called the current low price environment surrounding oil and gas development an opportunity to pursue federal reforms that will boost energy production and provide…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a new report, The Alaska Exception: Energy and the Frontier. It is the first in a series of forthcoming staff reports entitled Alaska:…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted her efforts to expand and enhance sportsmen’s access by making public lands throughout Alaska and the nation “open unless closed” for fishing, hunting,…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today led the Senate’s approval of broad, bipartisan energy legislation that contains a wide range of provisions vital to Alaska’s future. The bill, the Energy…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, today led the Senate’s approval of their broad,…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved two amendments offered by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to her broad, bipartisan energy bill. The first, to provide needed flexibility to the Alaska…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., will hold a press conference following the Senate’s vote on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act. The press conference will…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today announced an updated hearing schedule for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The full committee’s hearing to review the challenges…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s final Well Control Rule: “The administration’s regulatory onslaught against Alaskan energy production continues unabated….
“King Cove Has Suffered Enough from Interior’s Heartless Rejection of a Life-Saving Road” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today conducted oversight of the Department of the Interior’s callous decision to deny…
Will Highlight Interior’s Failure to Help the People of King Cove, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will hold a pen-and-pad session…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today conducted oversight of the status of innovative technologies in advanced manufacturing by highlighting the economic importance of the sector – an estimated 24 million…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., today announced that the hearing scheduled to examine options for addressing the continuing lack of reliable emergency medical transportation for the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today conducted oversight of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) during a hearing that focused on the agency’s important mission, its current priorities, and core mandates…