Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today hosted a hearing on the impact of the Alaska National Interest Lands Act (ANILCA) and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended President Obama for signing five energy and lands measures into law. “I commend the President, as well as my Senate…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, wrote to President Obama to express their concerns over new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting greenhouse gas…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said she could not support the nomination of Ron Binz to lead the Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC). Murkowski, at…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, today announced that the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) has been awarded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Department of Energy’s approval of a license allowing Dominion Power to expand its Cove Point facility to export…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that her Denali Park Improvement Act is headed to President Obama’s desk to be signed into law. The bill includes…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday received the Distinguished Service Award of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). The NRECA put out the following press…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will travel to King Cove on Friday, Aug. 30, with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to talk with local residents about…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced an agreement between the National Park Service (NPS) and Aramark to keep the Glacier Bay Lodge open for the next…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s signing of two bills to advance the development of small hydropower projects – the Hydropower…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and James Risch (R-Idaho), co-chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, as cosponsors…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Department of Energy’s approval of a license to Lake Charles Exports to ship up to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a white paper outlining the case for exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and urging swift action on permit approvals…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the nomination of Mike Connor to be Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior: “Mike Connor is…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the merits of the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 (S. 1240) during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released a discussion draft of legislation to establish an Advanced Energy Trust Fund, which would significantly boost domestic energy research and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her frustration with the National Park Service’s (NPS) handling of their maintenance backlog, which they estimate to be up to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today heard testimony on bipartisan legislation by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) that would expand the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced bipartisan legislation, entitled the Sportsmen’s Act, to recognize and ensure the rightful place of hunting and fishing on our nation’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today discussed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) current loan programs and steps that could help improve them at a Senate Energy and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted the 40th anniversary of the Senate approving construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) in Alaska. “Four decades ago today, the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today discussed the significant benefits of rising American oil production at a hearing held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. …
Washington, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, applauded their Senate colleagues for passing a public lands bill and two…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voiced her continued support for the state of Alaska’s plan to fully assess the potential oil and natural gas resources in…