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Rep. Young Receives NCAIED Congressional Lifetime Achievement Award

This past week, Alaskan Congressman Don Young received the Congressional Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED)....

Hearing: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee |10:00 A.M.| Washington, D.C.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing to hear testimony on the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 proposed budget for the Department of the Interior. ###...

Senator Murkowski Questions Interior Secretary Salazar on Alaska Issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, made the following opening statement during today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the...

Murkowski: Strategic Reserve Critical to Long-Term Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to calls to release oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Tuesday, February 28, 2012

U.S. Senate Events Alaska’s “Landlord” Takes Questions Alaskan Impact: Last summer, Senator Murkowski called Interior Secretary Ken Salazar the “

Murkowski: President's 'All-of-the-Above' Energy Statements Omit Many of the Facts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s recent comments about rising gasoline...

Senator Murkowski's Floor Speech: Production Must be Part of an "All-of-the-Above" Energy Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor about rising gasoline prices and the need to increase domestic production of oil,...

Senator Murkowski's floor speech on President's "All of the Above" energy statements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi987636lHQ

Juneau Empire: Gastineau Elementary School gets special visit

Sen. Lisa Murkowski shared a message of life-long learning and legislative support with students at Gastineau Elementary School on Thursday. Murkowski visited with two classrooms...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Friday, February 24, 2012

Special Edition—Friday, February 23, 2012 With the U.S. Senate in recess this week, the Murkowski Morning Meeting hasn’t been publishing – but we wanted to keep...

Speech: Sen. Murkowski Addresses the AK Legislature |10:00 AM| Juneau

Sen. Murkowski will deliver her annual address to the Alaska State Legislature on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in the House Chamber of the Alaska Capitol Building....

Sen. Murkowski Remarks to Alaska State Legislature

Remarks of Senator Lisa Murkowski to the Alaska State Legislature February 23, 2012; 10:00 A.M ***As Prepared for Delivery*** Mr. Speaker, M...

Murkowski Welcomes Hearing on Loan Guarantee Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Chairman Bingaman’s announcement that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee would hold...

Senator Murkowski Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Bill to Boost Housing Market

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Lisa Murkowski, Scott Brown (R-MA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced legislation to improve the housing market by expediting “short...

Murkowski Applauds Approval of Shell’s Arctic Spill Prevention Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today congratulated the U.S. Department of the Interior for its approval of Shell’s oil discharge prevention and...

Murkowski Votes To Extend Temporary Tax Cut on Alaskans’ Paychecks, Other Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today cast her vote in favor of extending the payroll tax cut provision for 160 million working Americans for the rest of 2012, as...

Statement from Rep. Young on Payroll-Tax Holiday Extension

After voting to pass legislation that would, among other things, extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of the year, Alaska Congressman Don Young released the following...

Rep. Young Comments on Approval of Shell’s Spill Response Plan

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today in response to the Department of Interior’s approval of Shell’s Chukchi Sea Oil Response Plan: ...

Senator Murkowski's E-newsletter for the week of February 15, 2012

AK Delegation Stands United Against F-16 Relocation at Eielson AFB The recently-announced plan by the U.S. Air Force to relo...

President’s Budget Represents Missed Opportunity on Energy Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following opening statement at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the...

Hearing: Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee |10:00 A.M.| Washington, D.C.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Heaing on the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget for fiscal year 2013....

Murkowski Celebrates Elizabeth Peratrovich Day

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In honor of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, Senator Lisa Murkowski shared the following reflection with her fellow Alaskans: “Elizabeth Peratrovich is an...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Thursday, February 16, 2012

U.S. Senate Events Is Alaska’s Natural Gas Looked at Differently? Alaskan Impact:

Murkowski Voices Support for Disapproval Resolution on Utility MACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s publication of the...

Murkowski Names Tourism Aide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today named Miles Baker – former Alaska Legislature aide, a current member of her Washington, D.C. staff – her U.S....

Sen. Murkowski Asks Sec. Chu to Testify at Loan Program Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu if he would be willing to testify at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources...

U.S. House Passes Landmark Energy Legislation; Includes Rep. Young’s Provision to Open ANWR

As oil prices continue to rise amid turmoil in the Middle East, the House of Representatives, led by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, passed sweeping energy legislation today that...

Hearing: Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee |10:00 A.M.| Washington, D.C.

Secretary Janet Napolitano will be testifying before the Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget requests....

Murkowski Educates Senate on Alaska Road Needs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today took to the U.S. Senate floor to educate her colleagues about the harm that could be done to Alaska’s Indian...

Murkowski, Begich Fight to Restore Road Funding Balance

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich today co-sponsored an amendment (attached) to S. 1813, the Surface Transportation Bill that would keep...

Senators Call on Majority Leader Reid to Allow Hearings, Debate on Cybersecurity Legislation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Kay Bailey Hutchison, John McCain, Chuck Grassley, Saxby Chambliss Jeff Sessions and Mike Enzi today sent a letter calling on...

Murkowski Urges Heart Disease Awareness for Women

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today joined the Women’s Heart Health Foundation, encouraging women to communicate to one another about the high risk of...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

U.S. Senate Events Pentagon Explains Cuts Alaskan Impact: Alaskans are mindful of the Pentagon’s plans for a slimmed-down ...

Murkowski Responds to White House Budget

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Lisa Murkowski today had the following reaction to President Obama’s budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012: “My...

Murkowski Opens Juneau Office to Strengthen Outreach

Senator Lisa Murkowski announced the opening of a new office today in Juneau, to improve her connectivity with constituents in the capital city. While Murkowski staffer Colleen...

Rep. Young Comments on President’s Budget

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today in response to President Obama releasing his FY 2013 budget: “Instead of releasing a realistic...

Murkowski Fights for Rural Justice Commission Return

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Lisa Murkowski is proposing a framework to restart the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission -- which has exhausted its authorized...

Murkowski Renews Request for Oversight Hearing on DOE Loan Guarantee Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today renewed her request to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hold...

Murkowski, NY Yankee Teixeira Discuss Afterschool Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today met with New York Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira to share ideas about how afterschool programs benefit youth in Alaska,...

Alaska Delegation Questions Air Force Over Eielson Decision

Following a meeting with U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz today, the Alaska Congressional Delegation released a set of unified statements. The meeting...

Murkowski Applauds NRC Approval of New Reactors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a Combined Construction and Operating License...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Thursday, February 9, 2012

U.S. Senate Events Housing Market Hope? Alaskan Impact: The U.S. housing market and the 65 percent of Alaskans who are homeowners got good news as

Alaska Delegation Questions Air Force Over Eielson Decision

Following a meeting with U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz today, the Alaska Congressional Delegation released a set of unified statements. The meeting was...

Murkowski Welcomes News on Prosecutorial Misconduct Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the March 15th release of the investigation he ordered into prosecutorial misconduct during the trial of...

Murkowski Addresses NARUC at Winter Meeting

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter...

Murkowski Fights for Religious Freedom from Health Care Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today co-sponsored S. 2043, The Religious Freedom Restoration Act that would halt the recent Obama Administration directive...

Alaska Senators Ask Panetta to Explain, Reconsider F-16 Decision

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta expressing their concern over an Air...

Murkowski Morning Meeting for Tuesday, February 7, 2012

U.S. Senate Events No “Sustainable Path” Yet? Alaskan Impact: Last week Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the House of Representatives that

Alaskan’s Story Wins National Job Corps Gold, Scholarship

Senator Lisa Murkowski today congratulated Wasilla resident Megan Dauphinee after her first-prize finish in the 2012 National Job Corps Student Oratory Competition this morning....

Chairman Young Holds Hearing on American Indian Empowerment Act

The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, chaired by Alaskan Congressman Don Young, held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3532, the American Indian Empowerment Act of...