WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Murkowski Friday challenged the Department of Education’s waiver process for states to opt out of some provisions of the “No Child Left Behind Act†– reminding the administration they do not have the authority to do so, unilaterally. “I’m disappointed that President Obama’s solution to his predecessor’s top-down, one-size-fits-all policy is […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Murkowski took the opportunity yesterday during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup to advocate increased funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) – a key program to many Alaskans dealing with expensive heating bills – by diverting some of the $1 billion being set aside for implementation of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her frustration over the Obama administration’s repeated attempts to lock up lands in Alaska by designating them as wilderness to prevent resource development.