Washington, D.C – The House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young today passed bipartisan legislation aimed at modestly updating the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law enacted in 1973 to preserve, protect, and recover species. H.R. 4315, the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, which passed the House today by a vote of 233 […]
Washington, D.C. – In an overwhelmingly bipartisan effort, the House of Representatives and Alaska Congressman Don Young Friday sent a resounding message to the President that they does not support deploying or maintaining a military presence in Iraq without Congressional approval. By a vote of 370 to 40, the House passed H. Con. Res. 105, which states […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today shared his comments following the passage of H.R 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, which provides a clean extension of federal highway, transit and safety programs through May 31, 2015 and directs additional funding for the Highway Trust Fund. […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today successfully defended the Denali Commission from attacks in the House of Representatives that would have effectively ended the program by removing its funding from H.R. 4923, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2015. The attack in question, an amendment offered by Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), […]