ANCHORAGE: Dan Sullivan’s committee assignments, announced today, confirm that Alaska has lost a seat on the Appropriations Committee. Prior to Sullivan’s election, Alaska was one of only three states with both senators on Appropriations. Likely impacts of the lost Appropriations seat will be less federal investment in Alaska, which would compound economic problems created by […]
Saturday, Senator Lisa Murkowski voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2015 spending bill that included the Interior Department budget and agenda she helped craft with Congressional Leadership addressing many core Alaska needs; having passed both Congressional chambers, the budget bill now heads to the President’s desk. With the Department of the Interior managing a […]
Washington, DC – Former Chairmen and senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Congressman Don Young Wednesday issued the following statement on the passage of the Howard Coble Coast Guard Transportation Act of 2014, legislation that authorizes Coast Guard spending for one year and advances a number of important Alaskan causes, including a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today responded to the United States Senate unanimously passing the repeal of Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The repeal was originally a component of the larger Safe Families, Safe Villages Act of 2013, but today’s vote simply strikes that provision from the bipartisan VAWA bill […]