Chairman's Press
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted three reports produced during the past year by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources majority staff on the growing volatility in Iraq, the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today urged National Park Service (NPS) officials to look for innovative ways to fund the nation’s park systems on the 100th anniversary of the agency…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week highlighted the energy innovation occurring in some of Alaska’s most isolated communities as local leaders seek to reduce the cost of electricity through…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called for the federal government to live up to the promises made in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), legislation that was…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today dismissed a new bill from a group of Senate Democrats to formally designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a report on the importance of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) detailing the potential impacts of selling oil from the reserve to pay…
Chairman Raises Concerns About Safety, American Leadership Over Proposed Changes to Federal Drilling Rules U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said proposed changes to federal rules regulating oil and natural…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Forest Service’s release of proposed changes to the Tongass Land Management Plan. “I am still reviewing the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today underscored the importance of innovation to lower energy costs and make energy more abundant and reliable. As she delivered remarks on the Senate Floor,…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today held a business meeting to approve a wide array of legislative proposals, including measures that would expand sportsmen’s access to federal lands…
Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today led the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s approval of two of her bills to expand the use of clean, renewable hydropower to generate affordable…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the United States Department of Commerce’s confirmation that the agency did in fact issue a cross-border oil exchange license with Mexico. “I welcome…
Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today led the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s approval of S. 556, the Sportsmen’s Act of 2015, which she introduced earlier this year. The bill…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted to block the Obama administration from imposing costly new climate regulations on America’s economy. Murkowski voted in favor of Senate Joint Resolution 23…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sought input from state and local stakeholders on developing a path forward to restoring responsible forest management practices needed to get control of our…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Norway’s Statoil that it is ending its Alaska operations and giving back the leases…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled oversight hearings through the beginning of December on federal wildland fire management strategies, offshore oil and natural gas production regulations, and…
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, sent a bipartisan letter to Energy Secretary Ernest…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cautioned against making arbitrary sales of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to pay for unrelated legislative initiatives, and highlighted the potential…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Reps. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Ed…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after President Obama rejected the cross-border permit for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project after a more than…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Agdaagux tribe of King Cove and its fellow plaintiffs appealed a District Court decision in their lawsuit against…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on TransCanada’s request to the U.S. Department of State to put a pause on its review of the Keystone XL…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted Alaska’s energy priorities as she delivered the weekly Republican address to the nation. In her remarks, Murkowski sharply criticized the Obama administration’s actions…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today examined the effects of the Obama administration’s controversial proposed Stream Protection Rule. The proposed rule, which would severely affect coal mining activities adjacent to…