Chairman's Press
In the fourth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., today stresses the importance of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called for changes to the way the U.S. Forest Service handles wildfires in response to the increasing severity and costliness of wildfires in Alaska…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today released the third installment in its video series highlighting the priorities of its Republican members. In today’s video, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee,…
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today released the second installment in its video series highlighting its Republican members. Today, U.S. Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, underscores his support for…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today began consideration of legislation to improve how Americans use energy as part of her work to get the first broad energy bill signed into…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., today urged their Senate colleagues to support an amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Act that would end the 40-year-old ban…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Forest Service that Alaskan communities will receive nearly $11.7 million to support local schools and roads as part…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was honored today by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for her support for protecting public lands. The National Park Heritage Award commemorates Murkowski for including…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today offered to work with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to update the nation’s energy infrastructure and modernize federal energy policies as part of broad energy…
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released its first in a series of videos to highlight the priorities of the Republican members of the committee for…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted the importance of reauthorizing and modernizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act so that it reflects the changing needs and evolving…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded action taken by the House to approve, by voice vote, energy efficiency legislation authored by Sens. Portman, R-Ohio, and Shaheen, D-N.H. The Energy…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced plans to introduce legislation this year to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting domestic crude oil production. In her keynote address to national…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced three additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The new additions to the committee include Heidi Hansen, Mary…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Friday congratulated Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials in Alaska for completing the cleanup of six legacy wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A)….
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted the need to improve access to Alaska’s natural resources in order to ensure that the trans-Alaska oil pipeline system – infrastructure critical to…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today drew attention to the potential impact that ending sanctions against Iran could have on U.S. production if the outdated prohibition on exporting domestic crude…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Mark Warner, D-Va., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Joe Manchin, D.-W.Va., today welcomed the administration’s decision to renew a historic energy security agreement…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee’s decision to hold a hearing on the importance of ending the 40-year-old prohibition on exporting…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following response to groups who have been misrepresenting the facts surrounding her amendment to the budget resolution, which was approved by the Senate…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, praised the recent release of a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), assessing technical options available to refiners to process more light…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Obama administration for unilaterally advancing a new wilderness designation in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) despite overwhelming,…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, criticized the Obama administration’s lack of consultation with Alaska in developing its draft 2017-2022 outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and natural gas leasing program (DPP)…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded Senate passage of energy efficiency legislation from Sen. Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Shaheen, D-N.H. The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 would promote…