Press Releases
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Alaska and Washington Senators Call on Administration to Quickly Declare Federal Fishery Disaster
Today U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Raimondo urging her to rapidly declare a federal fishery disaster for the 2022-2023 Bering Sea snow crab, the 2022-2023 Bristol Bay red king crab, and the 2021-2022 Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries. Following last month's harvests being canceled, declaring a fishery disaster for the Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries is… Continue Reading
11.17.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud An Additional $135.9 Million in Broadband Investment for Alaska
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) applauded the announcement of an additional $135.9 million in federal broadband grants for communities across Alaska. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) announced the grants Thursday for broadband programs in Western, Southcentral, and Southeastern Alaska. Newly announced grant recipients include the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., Central Council Tlingit… Continue Reading
11.16.22
Murkowski Statement on Respect for Marriage Act
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) issued the following statement after voting in favor today on the motion to proceed to the Respect for Marriage Act: "Today, I voted to begin debate on a bipartisan compromise of the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill protects the marriage of countless couples across the country. States will continue to set their own definitions of marriage, the federal government will be required to recognize all lawful marriages, and no out-of-state marriages will be able t… Continue Reading
11.15.22
Senators Call Out DOI, USDA Failure to Produce Permitting Report Required by Infrastructure Law
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) this week led a letter to the Departments of the Interior (DOI) and Agriculture (USDA), questioning whether they would produce a report outlining options to improve the federal mineral permitting process on the timeframe required by federal law. Under Section 40206 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Departments were required to complete the report within one year of enactment—which is today—but have failed to adhere to that statutory deadl… Continue Reading
11.15.22
Murkowski Marks One Year of Infrastructure Law: Nearly $3 Billion and Counting for Alaska
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today released the following statement marking the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, under which nearly $3 billion has already been announced for Alaska. Murkowski helped write, negotiate, and shepherd this historic law through Congress last year with a small bipartisan group of Senators. It focuses on building and rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges, rail, ferries, ports, airports, water systems, and broadba… Continue Reading
11.14.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Continue to Press for Fair Process, Timely Re-Approval of Ambler Access Project
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) sent a new letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reiterating their strong support for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler Road). The Senators' letter, in response to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) recent request for public input as it scopes a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the project, urges DOI to limit its analysis to court-identified issues and to quickly complete the SEIS so development of this vi… Continue Reading
11.11.22
Senator Murkowski Honors American Veterans
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) shared the following message with Alaskans in recognition of Veterans Day: For video of Senator Murkowski, click here. "Veterans Day is an opportunity to honor Americans who have answered the call to serve, whether in times of peace or in times of war. We owe so much to those who have sacrificed their safety, their time, and so much more in the name of America's freedom and security. "We are so fortunate that so many Veterans call Alaska home. They are ou… Continue Reading
11.03.22
Alaska to Receive $13 Million to Address High Energy Costs
Anchorage, AK - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Alaska was awarded $13.7 million through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this funding will help low-income individuals and families pay for home heating costs this winter and cover unpaid utility bills.These funds will also help families make cost-effective home energy repairs to lower their heating and cooling bills. The funding announced today … Continue Reading
11.02.22
Alaska Tribes and Organizations Receive over $18 Million for Tribal Climate Resilience Projects
Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced 48 awards benefitting Tribes and tribal organizations in Alaska amounting to more than $18 million to address the impacts of climate change. These investments will support adaptation planning, climate implementation actions, ocean and coastal management planning, capacity building, relocation, managed retreat, and protect-in-place for climate risks projects. "Communities across Alaska face growing risks from coastal er… Continue Reading
10.28.22
Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the following grants to organizations, tribal entities, and communities in Alaska. Grants also include funding announced for Alaska from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: $395,000 to the Wrangell Public School District, $68.7 million for the Port of Alaska, $10.1 million for the Port of Adak, $5.3 million for the Sand Point Floating Dock, $28.2 million to Prince William Sound ferry ter… Continue Reading
10.28.22
Interior Alaska Receives $30 Million to Deploy High-Speed Internet
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is receiving a $30.3 million federal broadband grant, made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The grant comes through USDA's ReConnect Program, which aims to build out broadband infrastructure to connect communities across the United States with high speed internet access. TCC's grant will help to fund a fiber network in the Yukon-Koyukuk Ce… Continue Reading
10.28.22
DEA Drug Take Back Day Collection Sites
DEA Office of Diversion Control, NTBI Site Search Screen (NTBI Saturday, October 29, 2022) (usdoj.gov) Take Back Day: Saturday, October 29, 2022 10:00 am - 2:00 pm COLLECTION SITE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIONPROVIDENCE ALASKA MEDICAL CENTEROUTSIDE COLLECTION SITE - PHARMACY ENTRANCE Map ANCHORAGE POLICE DEPARTMENTALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITALOUTSIDE DRIVE THRU - E BUILDING, EAST SIDE OF BUILDING) Map DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIONFRED MEYER - MULDOON Map DRUG ENFO… Continue Reading
10.26.22
$112 Million Announced for Alaska Ports and Ferry Terminals
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that four Alaska coastal communities will receive a total of $112 million in investments this year for critical port-related infrastructure and ferry terminal projects, marking the first wave of these type of investments attributable to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The awards, made possible by the IIJA's investments in Alaska's maritime infrastructure and supply chain, will benefit the Alaska Mari… Continue Reading
10.14.22
Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants Heading to Alaska
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the following grants to organizations, tribal entities, and communities in Alaska: Statewide Alaska - Statewide: $339,500 to the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development from the Environmental Protection Agency for the Alaska Pesticide Program. Alaska - Statewide: $1 million to the Alaska Energy Authority from the Environmental Protection Agency for… Continue Reading
10.13.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud An Additional $124.4 Million in Broadband Investment for Western and Southwestern Alaska
WASHNGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) applauded the announcement of an additional $124.4 million in federal broadband grants for Western and Southwestern Alaska. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) announced Tuesday that the Bethel Native Corporation received a $42 million grant to build a fiber network for Bethel, Platinum, Eek, Napaskiak, and Oscarville, $52.6 million to Calista… Continue Reading
10.07.22
Murkowski Responds to New Biden Administration Strategy for the Arctic Region
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, (R-AK), today released the following statement after the Biden administration released an updated National Strategy for the Arctic Region: "On Monday, two Russian asylum seekers landed on St. Lawrence Island seeking freedom from conscription into a tyrant's bloody, misbegotten war. The federal agencies responsible for processing these men were more than 700 miles away and it took them an entire day to respond. What this incident makes clear is that even as Putin und… Continue Reading
10.06.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Respond to Russian Nationals Requesting Asylum on St. Lawrence Island
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today released the following statements after two Russian nationals landed at a beach near Gambell, located on the northwest tip of St. Lawrence Island in Alaska, and requested asylum in the United States. "We are actively engaged with federal officials and residents in Gambell to determine who these individuals are, but right now, we already know that the federal response was lacking. Only local officials and state law enforcement h… Continue Reading
10.05.22
Murkowski: U.S. Must Increase Production to Reduce OPEC+’s Market Power
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement after the members of OPEC+ reached an on-paper agreement to reduce their oil production by two million barrels per day starting in November 2022. The agreement, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, threatens to harm the global economy and highlights the utter folly of production restrictions in the United States-particularly those imposed by the Biden administration. "The members of OPEC+ clearly have little regard for the co… Continue Reading
10.03.22
Murkowski Introduces Legislation to Support Alaska’s Veterans
Anchorage, AK - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today announced two legislative efforts to support Veterans and their families, which have garnered widespread support from Alaska's veteran organizations. Senator Murkowski introduced, with U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) as a cosponsor, the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System Act of 2022 to name the Alaska VA Clinic after the late Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson-a leader in the Women's Army Corps who helped ex… Continue Reading
10.03.22
Murkowski, Sullivan, and Colleagues Demand Administration End Its War on U.S. Oil & Gas
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) joined nineteen of their Republican Senate colleagues, in a letter led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), to demand the Biden administration end its assault on domestic oil and gas production and continue to sell oil and gas leases on federal land and water. The push comes in response to the U.S. Department of the Interior's draft proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, in which the department hinted … Continue Reading
