The Alaska delegation expressed disappointment today with the news that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) intends to close the Anchorage facility on June 20. “I am incredibly disappointed by NARA’s decision and still do not understand what their plan is or what the rush is,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski. “They say they are […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With national concerns about cover-ups of “secret waiting lists” being used by VA systems in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana and other states to manipulate internal data, Senator Lisa Murkowski today reached out to VA Secretary General Eric Shinseki. In her letter seeking answers for Alaska, Murkowski asked the administration whether Alaska’s VA has fraudulent lists. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today stressed the costly and potentially-harmful Alaskan impacts of the Affordable Care Act with the nominee to become the next Secretary of Health and Human Services – who would oversee the further implementation of health care reform if approved. During a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski focused on Alaska’s strategic location to the Pacific theater when U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno appeared before her in the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, inquiring how safe its Army assets are from the larger budget cuts contained within the bipartisan Budget Control Act (BCA) passed in 2011. […]