Chairman's Press
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced the process of compiling broad and bipartisan energy legislation by holding the fourth and final legislative hearing to receive testimony…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced her efforts to end the current prohibition on most U.S. crude oil exports in a report entitled “Rendering Vital Assistance: Allowing Oil Shipments…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted the importance of allowing American crude oil to compete in the global marketplace and said that lifting the ban on oil exports was…
In the tenth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today underscores the importance…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed a new study released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the safety of hydraulic fracturing and its potential impact on drinking water….
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine drought conditions affecting the West, review creative ways states and local…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to a letter that 18 Senate Democrats sent to Interior Secretary Jewell, calling on the Obama administration to…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced its next five upcoming hearings over the coming weeks on a variety of issues, including the fourth and final legislative hearing…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cheered the Department of Energy’s approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export license for Alaska’s massive North Slope natural gas resources. “Receiving the…
In the eighth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., today outlines his priorities of…
In the seventh in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today shares his vision for…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the importance of developing Alaska’s diverse energy resources – from traditional fossil fuel production to hydropower, biomass, ocean and river energy, wind, and…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed a recommendation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that the Environmental Protection Agency include a safety valve in its Clean Power Plan to…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., this week each introduced separate proposals to increase energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and increase…
In the sixth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., today stresses the importance of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced the process to compile broad and bipartisan energy legislation by holding a legislative hearing to receive testimony on 22 proposals to promote the…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the importance of nuclear energy as part of the future of U.S. energy policy at the Nuclear Energy Institute’s 2015 Nuclear Energy Assembly…
U.S. Sens Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., along with 11 of their Senate colleagues today introduced the Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 (S.1312). This bipartisan legislation…
In the fifth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., today stresses the importance of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, took an aggressive step today to ensure that Alaska receives its fair share of revenue from oil and natural gas production on Alaska’s outer continental…
U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, stressed the importance of strengthening our nation’s mineral security at today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s hearing on S. 883, the American Mineral Security…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Interior Department’s conditional approval of Shell’s Arctic exploration plan for this summer with the following statement: “Approval of Shell’s exploration plan for…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced its next five upcoming hearings over the coming weeks on the three remaining titles – infrastructure, supply and accountability – of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for approving Dominion’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project at Cove Point, Maryland. The approval comes after a…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a group of 17 legislative proposals to modernize America’s energy policies. These proposals range from increasing the use of renewable energy to the continued…