Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for granting final approval to two liquefied natural gas export projects – Cameron LNG in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that Alaska-based TDX Power is one of seven utilities nationally to be awarded funding from the Department of Energy (DOE)…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voiced guarded optimism about the decision by the Forest Service to move forward with the long-promised Big Thorne Project in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday received a two-page letter from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell regarding her department’s imperceptible efforts to facilitate emergency medical access for the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and 20 fellow Republican senators today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging her to expand development of oil and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the joint-venture agreement between Shell Oil and Arctic Inupiat Offshore (AIO) – a new company formed by Arctic Slope Regional…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the advancement of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that would take greater advantage of the nation’s energy abundance by…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today pressed U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on his failure to increase the amount of timber cut annually in Alaska’s Tongass…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today pressed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze on the slow pace of his agency’s environmental review of a proposed…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed President Obama’s signing of the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act, a bill championed by Murkowski and Rep. Don…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell criticizing her ongoing failure to protect the health and safety of the people…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Obama administration’s restriction of access to federally managed lands and waters for responsible economic development. At an oversight hearing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed restrictions on possible economic development activity on state-owned lands in Alaska’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the Obama administration’s announcement of a new round of economic sanctions on Russia for that country’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on her meeting with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the issue of crude oil and condensate exports:…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to appointing Norman Bay to be the next chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today pressed U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell on the need for the agency to shift its approach to wildfire suppression by…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Don Young, both R-Alaska, today welcomed an announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District that it will modify the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today joined with 55 of her Senate colleagues – from both parties – to reject an effort to end debate and prevent…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the unanimous passage in the Senate of the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act, a bill championed by Murkowski…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a report urging the Commerce Department to allow for greater condensate exports, aligning itself with the practices of other federal…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed additional and renewed support for the passage of critical minerals legislation, after a diverse coalition of groups and organizations sent…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called on Senate Democratic leaders to allow for an open and fair amendment process that permits all members to participate in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a report that finds that the United States is the only advanced nation in the world with a ban on…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced legislation to improve the efficiency of the federal government in addressing issues related to the interdependence of energy and water….