U.S. Senator Mark Begich welcomed an effort today by the federal Department of Interior to put Shell’s oil and gas development in Alaska’s Arctic waters back on track after an environmental lawsuit side-tracked them last year. In a legal filing today with the federal judge in the case, Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) […]
Alarmed by persistent barriers to voting in Alaska and across the nation, U.S. Senator Mark Begich this week introduced strong legislation to safeguard the voting rights of Alaska Natives and Native Americans. The bill, the Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 (NatiVRA), provides the resources and oversight necessary to ensure that every citizen, regardless of ethnicity or […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich is objecting to a proposed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rule that would significantly increase fees for airline passengers and, in some cases, could add more than $20 per trip for Alaskans. In a letter sent last week to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and TSA Administrator John Pistole, Begich […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski’s innovative provision to allow for development partnerships to finance an Arctic Deep Draft Port passed the Senate today and is headed to the President’s desk for a signature. The port infrastructure language was a component of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill, which also includes Murkowski priorities to support rural […]