Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young, on Monday commended the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for moving its 17 billionth barrel of Alaskan crude down the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) on Saturday, July 19, 2014: “This weekend, the 17 billionth barrel of oil entered the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) to make its 800 […]
Washington, D.C. – Only days after calling upon the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse it’s out of touch regulation that would severely jeopardize the due process rights of Americans nationwide, Alaskan Congressman Don Young Wednesday announced the agency has relented. Earlier this month, the EPA issued a final notice in the Federal Register claiming […]
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. […]
Friday, Representative Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) wrote to U.S. Congressman Don Young, requesting his help in addressing the recent wave of child immigrants crossing the nation’s southwest border. Gruenberg asked Young to approve $3.7 billion in emergency funding requested by the Obama Administration. “Most Alaskans don’t realize this increased immigration has a significant impact on Alaska,” […]