Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reconsider her recent rejection of a land exchange in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today signaled the need for further review of two nominees to lead the Interior Department. Murkowski said specifically wanted to hear from…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today commented on the agreement signed between the state of Alaska, TransCanada, and the state’s three major oil producers for a proposed…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today spoke on the Senate floor about the economic and geopolitical opportunities that increased energy exports present for the United States. “The…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of the final watershed assessment of state-owned lands in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region: “EPA’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced several additions to the Republican staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The new staff hires include Alaskans…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to lift the prohibition on exporting crude oil produced in the United States….
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today slammed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on the Senate floor for rejecting a proposed road that would provide the remote…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for the federal government to end the prohibition against exporting crude oil produced in the United States. Murkowski also released…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today denounced as heartless and ill-informed the decision by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject a proposed lifesaving road for the isolated…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today called for a national solution to systemic shortcomings in the management of the nation’s forests to address the economic and ecological…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) yesterday sent a letter to the White House urging President Obama to highlight the geopolitical benefits of oil and natural gas production…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today pressed two Interior nominees on why the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was trying to duplicate financial assurance requirements on hardrock mining…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced a departure from her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee staff. Colin Hayes, senior professional staff, will leave the committee…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed a federal appeals court ruling ordering the Department of Energy to zero out its nuclear waste fee until work resumes…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the Department of Energy’s approval of a license to Freeport LNG to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following comment on the introduction of anti-Alaska legislation that would permanently ban oil and natural gas development in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced legislation exempting some traditional and customary Alaska Native handicrafts from a provision in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibiting the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following comment on the Department of the Interior’s announcement that it would allow some national parks to open if…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young (both R-Alaska) today sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe insisting that commercial hunting…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed support for approving the Transboundary Agreement between the United States and Mexico during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday wrote to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Principal Deputy Director Neil Kornze to express concerns about the overly aggressive law enforcement…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today applauded final congressional approval of the Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act, which she co-authored and made sure included $50 million…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the U.S. Forest Service for using the roadless rule to block responsible development in Southeast, Alaska. “I am actively working…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the release of Environmental Protection Agency climate regulations for new power plants: “I’m very disappointed by this latest rulemaking…