[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) issued the following statement after voting on House Joint Resolution 46, to terminate the President’s national emergency declaration at the United States’ southern border: “I take very seriously my oath to uphold the Constitution, and my respect for the balance within the separation of powers. Article […]
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young achieved a history-making milestone by becoming the longest-serving Republican in the history of the United States Congress. Congressman Young breaks a record previously held by former Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon. “It has been the honor of my life to represent our great state in […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uneau – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives created the first ever House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs. Creation of such a committee has long been a goal of Representative Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham), Alaska’s first Alaska Native Speaker of the House. “We’ve never had a committee to deal solely with tribal issues in the […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON – Congressmen Don Young (AK-At Large) and Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) have reintroduced the Repatriate Our Patriots Act (H.R. 1078), bipartisan legislation that would create a pathway to citizenship for deported veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. “If you are willing to put your life on the line to defend this great nation and its values, you should […]