09.13.24

Alaska Congressional Delegation Lauds Continued Investment in Alaska Ferries

Alaska Congressional Delegation Lauds Continued Investment in Alaska Ferries Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) today announced the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) substantial award of $177 million in federal grants for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). This award was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and aims to bolster operations and capital projects to improve… Continue Reading

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08.23.24

Alaska Congressional Delegation Secures Exemption Sparing Alaska Air National Guard from Planned Leveling Cuts

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today welcomed news that the Alaska Air National Guard (ANG) has been granted an indefinite exemption from the Air National Guard’s “Fulltime Leveling” (FTL) initiative that would have impacted or eliminated nearly 80 Active Guard Reserve positions in Alaska. Major General Duke A. Pirak, acting director of the Air National Guard, delivered the news in a letter to S… Continue Reading

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08.23.24

Alaska Congressional Delegation Secures Exemption Sparing Alaska Air National Guard from Planned Leveling Cuts

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today welcomed news that the Alaska Air National Guard (ANG) has been granted an indefinite exemption from the Air National Guard’s “Fulltime Leveling” (FTL) initiative that would have impacted or eliminated nearly 80 Active Guard Reserve positions in Alaska. Major General Duke A. Pirak, acting director of the Air National Guard, delivered the news in a letter to S… Continue Reading

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08.19.24

Alaska Delegation Celebrates Ninth Circuit Ruling Defending Southeast Troll Salmon Fishery

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today celebrated a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Southeast Alaska troll fishermen whose ability to fish has been challenged in a lawsuit brought forward by the Washington-based Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC), which attempted to shut down the fishery due to unfounded allegations regarding fishery impacts. This ruling is a welcome legal victor… Continue Reading

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08.16.24

Alaska Delegation Renews Call for Protective Actions on Transboundary Mining

  Juneau, AK - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) this week sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their continued concern over transboundary mining in British Columbia (B.C.) just upstream of several Southeast Alaska rivers. The delegation has repeatedly urged the Biden administration to help protect Alaska’s communities and marine resources from potential impacts and renewed their call for action after the recent h… Continue Reading

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08.16.24

Murkowski Convenes Stakeholders in Yakutat to Address Systemic Weather System Failures in Rural Alaska

Yakutat, AK - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) convened a summit featuring representatives from government agencies and companies responsible for maintaining the Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) in Yakutat to collaborate on better practices to reduce travel delays and bolster safety in Alaska aviation. Participants included Director of the National Weather Service (NWS) Ken Graham, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Director of Congressional Affairs John So… Continue Reading

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08.14.24

Murkowski, Sullivan Welcome Official Coast Guard Announcement: Icebreaker Will Be Homeported in Juneau

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today applauded the official announcement by the Coast Guard (USCG) that a commercial icebreaker will be homeported in Juneau. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan, who is currently traveling with the senators in Alaska, had previously committed to the senators that the icebreaker would be homeported in Juneau. However, until now, the decision had not been made final. In March, Sullivan and Murkowski succes… Continue Reading

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08.02.24

Murkowski Helps Advance Bipartisan Permitting Reform

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today voted in favor of S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act, during a markup held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The panel reported the legislation, which reflects a bipartisan agreement between Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), by a vote of 15-4. “Anyone who has been within a thousand miles of the federal permitting process knows it is broken and one of the biggest impediments to respon… Continue Reading

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08.01.24

Murkowski Secures Another Round of Wins for Alaska Appropriations Spending Bills

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced another substantive list of investments in projects across Alaska through the Senate Appropriations Committee. These Alaska-specific wins were included in four Fiscal Year 25 (FY 2025) spending bills: Defense; Energy and Water Development; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government. The bills were passed overwhelmingly by the full committee, and now heads to th… Continue Reading

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08.01.24

Murkowski, Kelly, Kaine, Introduce Legislation to Better Understand, Chart Path Forward on Housing for Older Adults

Washington, DC - This week, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Housing Options for Older Adults Act, bipartisan legislation to address critical housing needs of older adults across the nation. The bill mandates a comprehensive study by the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate housing programs and services for older individuals under the Older Americans Act of 1965. This bill was developed following extensive conversations with A… Continue Reading

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08.01.24

Commerce Committee Advances Murkowski’s Landslides, Earthquakes Legislation

Washington, DC - Earlier today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation favorably reported U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) National Landslide Preparedness Reauthorization Act on a strong bipartisan basis. Murkowski’s bill, cosponsored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), would reauthorize current law for ten years, through Fiscal Year (FY) 2034, and provide the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) with additional authority and resources to help monitor and prepare high… Continue Reading

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08.01.24

Murkowski Secures Another Round of Wins for Alaska Appropriations Spending Bills

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced another substantive list of investments in projects across Alaska through the Senate Appropriations Committee. These Alaska-specific wins were included in four Fiscal Year 25 (FY 2025) spending bills: Defense; Energy and Water Development; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government. The bills were passed overwhelmingly by the full committee, and now heads to th… Continue Reading

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07.29.24

Senate Appropriators Advance Three More Bills with Alaska Priorities

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, voted to advance three bills for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY 2025) last week that contain significant investments for Alaska priorities. The measures are for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Commerce, Science, Justice; and State and Foreign Operations. All three were approved in committee on a strong bipartisan basis and will now advance to the Senate floor for consideration. “Whether af… Continue Reading

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07.29.24

Murkowski Scores Major Wins for Alaska in Interior Appropriations Bill

  Washington, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) moved forward substantial investments towards Alaska clean water and wastewater infrastructure projects through the Senate Appropriations Committee. Murkowski, who serves as Ranking Member of the Interior-Environment Subcommittee, was able to direct these investments in the Interior-Environment Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Appropriations Act. The bill passed overwhelmingly from the full committee, and next heads to the Senate floor f… Continue Reading

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07.26.24

Alaska Delegation Welcomes Graphite One-Lucid Supply Agreement

Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) today participated in an event to formally announce a non-binding supply agreement between Graphite One and Lucid Motors, through which Lucid will purchase graphite from Graphite One. The delegation members applauded the companies’ efforts to create an all-American supply chain for the natural and synthetic graphite used in the batteries for electric vehicles, and are optimis… Continue Reading

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07.24.24

Delegation Urges the CDC to Modify Dog Importation Rule

  Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), sent a letter to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regarding a delay in the implementation of the agency’s new rule on the importation of dogs into the United States. The letter outlines how the rules fail to account for Alaska’s unique geography and sled dog culture, and details the negative impacts the rule will have on the state. The letter also asks fo… Continue Reading

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07.22.24

Senators Criticize BLM’s Draft Mine Permitting Metrics

  Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Barrasso (R-WY), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Jim Risch (R-ID) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) expressing their disappointment with the agency’s woefully inadequate draft Mining Performance Metrics. The draft metrics, which were delivered a year later than statutorily required, show minimal effort to make any improvements to the broken federal permitting process. Excerpts from the le… Continue Reading

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07.18.24

Congressional Delegation Congratulates Alaskan Olympians

WASHINGTON - This month, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced that two Alaskans qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer U.S. Olympic Team representing the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Kristen Faulkner from Homer will represent the U.S. on the Cycling Pursuit Team and Alev Kelter from Eagle River will return to the Olympics for her third time on Team USA’s Rugby sevens. “Excited to see two remarkable women representing our great state on the world stage!… Continue Reading

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07.11.24

Murkowski Secures Investments for Alaska in Three FY25 Appropriations Bills

  WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, scored wins for Alaska in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Appropriations Act; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies FY25 Appropriations Act, and; Legislative Branch FY25 Appropriations Act. The bills were approved today in the Senate Appropriations Committee and will now advance … Continue Reading

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07.10.24

Murkowski, Manchin Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Advance Department of Energy AI Research for Science, Security, and Technology

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the bipartisan Department of Energy AI Act to advance American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) by harnessing the existing National Laboratory infrastructure and workforce at the Department of Energy (DOE). “Artificial Intelligence has the potential to help the Department of Energy and our National Labs accomplish enor… Continue Reading