Chairman's Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment on the resignation of Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes: “I appreciate David’s willingness to engage on difficult…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of a revised watershed assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. “My review of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands Subcommittee in support of legislation to complete the aboriginal land claims…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the following opening statement at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on drought and the effect on energy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her Hydropower Improvement Act (S. 545), as well…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the Global Keynote speech at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) “Future of Energy” Summit in New York City. Murkowski’s…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said the Department of Energy’s $28.4 billion budget proposal fails to support the kind of comprehensive policies needed to improve the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday introduced the Alaska Subsistence Structure Protection Act of 2013. The legislation (S. 736) would limit the fees the National Forest Service…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today blasted the U.S. Forest Service for trying to retroactively “claw back” payments made to Southeast Alaska timber communities under the Secure…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said the U.S. Forest Service budget proposal was more suitable for the National Park Service than an agency responsible for managing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Department of the Interior (DOI) for attempting to stick Alaska with the bill for federal responsibilities that have been…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said ConocoPhillips’ decision to postpone exploration in the Chukchi Sea because of federal regulatory uncertainty was disappointing but not unexpected. “I’m…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today challenged Ernest Moniz, President Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy, to be, if confirmed, a strong voice within the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the report “Managing the Future of a Rapidly Changing Arctic” by the federal interagency…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following statement in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s release of a draft supplemental environmental impact statement…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for announcing they would end their long-standing practice of charging land-use fees for hydropower…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced an agreement with the Department of the Interior to review the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s opposition to a life-saving road through a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will introduce bipartisan legislation – the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenues (FAIR) Act – to ensure all…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today discussed the Payment-in-Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and Secure Rural Schools (SRS) programs during a Senate Energy and Natural Recourse Committee hearing…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s assessment of Shell’s 2012 Arctic exploration program. “There’s a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for passing by unanimous consent the Denali Park Improvement bill, which includes three…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), James Risch (R-Idaho), Maria…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned the nominee to be the next Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, about her commitment to return balance to the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s nomination of Regina McCarthy to be the next administrator of the Environmental…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Mark Begich (D-AK) and Congressman Don Young (R-AK) today jointly called on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to do the right thing and…