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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday March 31, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Graves and Peltola Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Unsafe Shrimp Imports
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately halt shrimp imports into the United States from India, following concerning reports of severe food and safety issues and labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The reports highlight that shrimp imported from India are farmed and  more

Graves and Peltola Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Unsafe Shrimp Imports
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately halt shrimp imports into the United States from India, following concerning reports of severe food and safety issues and labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The reports highlight that shrimp imported from India are farmed and the  more

Interior & Environment Subcommittee Announces American Indian & Alaska Native Public Witness Hearing Dates
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold American Indian and Alaska Native public witness hearings on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 and Wednesday, May 8, 2024. No other outside public witness hearings are scheduled at this time. However, as in the past years, written testimony from Trib  more

Peltola Celebrates Alaska's STIP Partial Approval
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, following ongoing conversations between Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) announced that the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) had partially approved their four-year spending plan, putting the agency on track to delive  more

Reps. Huffman, Schiff Introduce Bill to Address Crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People, Promote Communication Between Tribal & State/Local Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Adam Schiff (CA-30) introduced the Tribal Community Protection Act, legislation to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) on tribal lands by encouraging record sharing between tribal and state/local law enforcement. Of the missing persons included in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), 3.5% were   more

Reps. Schiff, Huffman Introduce Bill to Address Crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People, Promote Communication Between Tribal & State/Local Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) introduced the Tribal Community Protection Act, legislation to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) on tribal lands by encouraging record sharing between tribal and state/local law enforcement. Of the missing persons included in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Syste  more