Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. The hearing will take place on Wednesday,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the rejection of a life-saving road for King Cove, Alaska. The single-lane,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with House Republican leaders on energy policy, today sent letters to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Senate confirmation late Tuesday of Colette Honorable to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Estevan Lopez to be…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on President Obama’s decision to withdraw Alaska’s North Aleutian Basin from potential oil and natural gas activity….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) expressing her support for the agency’s efforts to prepare for future exports…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today secured final Senate passage of legislation supporting Southeast Alaska’s struggling timber industry and completing the federal land conveyance owed to the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today secured the inclusion and final passage of the bipartisan lands package she negotiated with House and Senate leaders within the National…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today praised final passage of the package of lands bills included within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will allow two…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted to advance the nomination of Colette Honorable to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). A majority of the members of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the importance of Title 30 – a package of public lands bills…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for finalizing a waste-water and tailings disposal permit that will allow the Greens Creek…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate and House leaders today welcomed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) decision to convene a series of technical conferences on the potential threat of new federal…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today addressed the need for balance within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced two additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Michael Pawlowski, a lifelong Alaskan, will…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced a bipartisan and bicameral agreement to advance a package of lands bills focused on expanding economic opportunities in Alaska and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted a new Department of Energy (DOE) report on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The report details DOE’s test sales between…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to release a new draft rule tightening limits on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, praised the recent release of a new analytical tool to track oil imports produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). “Our…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would not finalize volume obligations for the federal…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy’s authorization for Alaska’s proposed liquefied natural gas project (LNG) to export to countries with free trade…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today congratulated the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) and the Kodiak Electric Association (KEA) on being recognized with a State Leadership in Clean…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed disappointment with the Senate’s failure to pass legislation (S. 2280) that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for granting final approval to Freeport LNG in Texas. The announcement follows repeated calls from…