WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski voted on the final version of the transportation funding agreement, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, which passed by a vote of 83-16. The legislation provides funding for our nation’s surface transportation needs over the next five years, from highways to ferries and railroads. Senator Murkowski […]
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday made the case for his “democratic socialist” economic policies, directly addressing the controversy over a label that some say makes him too liberal to be a legitimate presidential contender. In a much-anticipated speech at Georgetown University in Washington, the Vermont senator defended his proposals to expand government welfare […]
Republican presidential candidates expressed support for strengthening U.S. borders as they debated Tuesday night on immigration, the economy and the country’s place in the world, but had different opinions about what to do with the millions of illegal immigrants already living in the country. Billionaire Donald Trump, who was virtually tied with neurosurgeon Ben Carson […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, offered the following statement after House passage of H.R. 22, the Surface Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015: “I have consistently worked to provide Alaskans with robust investments to develop our much needed infrastructure and transportation systems. The success of […]