Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Friday issued the following statement about President Trump’s latest Executive Order, entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production. Murkowski, who for years has pushed to modernize federal mineral policies to protect our security and strengthen our economy, applauded the order. “Our lack of mineral security is our nation’s Achilles’ […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a domestic program focused on detecting and warning about volcanic threats. Their bill – cosponsored by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) – will enable the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to continue to improve its volcano […]
Washington, DC – Friday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) in introducing legislation to ensure all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers have designated nursing spaces. The bipartisan, bicameral Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act would ensure all medical centers managed by the VA contain a […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today voted against S.J.Res.10, a resolution to terminate the national energy emergency declared by President Trump on January 20, 2025. Murkowski spoke on the Senate floor in advance of the chamber’s vote to defeat the resolution, detailing the energy emergency in Alaska—which includes supply in Southcentral, affordability in […]