U.S. Sen. Mark Begich joined Sen. Jim Inhofe (R – Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and a bipartisan group of 32 senators today in a letter sent to Secretary of Department of Energy (DOE) Ernest Moniz urging the department to prioritize and expedite decisions on permit applications to […]
This last week, Representative Andy Josephson (D-Anchorage) and Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding its Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment.
By a rare unanimous vote, Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been tapped by President Obama and approved by the Senate.
The Senate voted on Penny Pritzker, who was tapped by President Obama early last month to head the Department of Commerce as Commerce Secretary. He announced his intentions on her birthday, May 2nd.