Chairman's Press
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week introduced legislation that would allow limited oil and natural gas activity within the non-wilderness coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)….
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, today told Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz that DOE’s $29.9 billion fiscal year 2016 budget…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced members to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s four subcommittees. ENERGY James E….
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today applauded passage by the House of legislation approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today introduced the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015. The legislation would increase access to public lands in…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced three additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The new hires include Severin Randall, Brianne Miller, and…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement on the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General’s (IG) report on the…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today voted to approve legislation authorizing the cross-border permit for constriction of the Keystone XL pipeline. This…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today received confirmation from Christopher Smith, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE), that liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following opening statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (S. 33): …
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today continued to push back against the “shortsighted, infuriating, and ongoing” actions being taken by the Obama administration to shut down development of Alaska’s vast…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Obama administration for its continued campaign to shut down oil and natural gas activity in Alaska. “This administration is…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young today held a press conference to discuss their plans to work together to reverse the Obama administration’s decision to further…
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young will hold a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Senate Radio and TV gallery…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today denounced President Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell for launching an unprecedented assault on Alaska that will have long-lasting effects on…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today forged bipartisan agreement on a responsible approach for future legislation to ensure that oil sands are not inadvertently excluded from paying into the Oil Spill…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today addressed the Senate to reiterate her support of the Keystone XL pipeline and put into perspective…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today reiterated her commitment to having an open amendment process on the Senate…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the U.S. Forest Service for its ongoing failure to actively manage Alaska’s national forest lands and for breaking a promise made…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement regarding news that Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) had filed an application to swap different grades of petroleum with the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke on Senate floor today in strong support of legislation to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and focused on rebutting some…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s approval of the current Keystone XL pipeline route…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today voted to approve legislation that would authorize the Keystone XL…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and John Hoeven, R-N.D., today encouraged their Senate colleagues to support newly-reintroduced legislation to approve the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. (Click for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that she intends to call a business meeting on Thursday, Jan. 8, to markup an original bill to approve the…