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 […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich demanded answers last week from the nation’s top flood insurance official about the lack of progress in developing accurate and updated flood maps for communities in Alaska. The exchange occurred while Begich chaired a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee (HSGAC) to discuss strategies to reduce federal spending […]