U.S. Senator Mark Begich demanded answers last week from the nation’s top flood insurance official about the lack of progress in developing accurate and updated flood maps for communities in Alaska. The exchange occurred while Begich chaired a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee (HSGAC) to discuss strategies to reduce federal spending […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich, who has been leading the charge to respond to the effects of climate change in the Arctic, responded to the third U.S. National Climate Assessment with interest but not surprise saying the report “confirms what Alaskans already know.” The report, the nation’s third as required under the Global Change Research Act […]
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 […]
U.S. Senator Mark Begich, a strong advocate for the Keystone XL pipeline, today co-sponsored binding legislation that would green-light the Keystone XL infrastructure project immediately. “The Keystone XL pipeline will provide a secure supply of energy, create 42,000 jobs and is expected to generate over $20 billion of economic activity,” said Begich. “Natural resources can […]