WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) highlighted his legislation, H.R. 5131, the Public Lands Military Readiness Act of 2025, during a legislative hearing on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands. The legislation, included alongside five other bipartisan public lands bills, would extend critical military land withdrawals in Alaska, New Mexico, and California for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a historic hearing on Alaska’s vast natural resource potential. The Subcommittee brought together a broad panel of Alaskan experts to discuss how responsible development of oil, gas, mineral, and timber resources can strengthen national security and spur economic growth across […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) applauded the announcement of the new $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund, the single largest investment in rural health care in American history. This initiative will improve health care delivery across rural America and provide new opportunities for access to care in Alaska. “Alaska’s rural communities face some of the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wedneday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 106, legislation introduced by Congressman Nick Begich (R-Alaska), to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s restrictive Central Yukon Resource Management Plan. “The 2024 Central Yukon plan locks up more than 13 million acres of public land in one of Alaska’s most impoverished regions and […]
