WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), introduced legislation to settle Cape Fox's remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The measure has the support of a wide coalition of communities in Southeast, Alaska. The legislation waives an existing statutory requirement that would compel Cape Fox Corporation, an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2024: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), introduced legislation to settle Cape Fox's remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The measure has the support of a wide coalition of communities in Southeast, Alaska. The legislation waives an existing statutory requirement that would compel C  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12305) on Jan. 18, 2024, by aviation policy specialist Bart Elias: * * * Boeing 737-9 Max Grounded Amid Renewed Concerns About Manufacturing Quality and Product Safety On January 5, 2024, a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane operated by Alaska Airlines experienced an in-flight separation of a door plug shortly after departure from Portland International Airport, Oregon, for a scheduled flight to O  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: [WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today congratulated the Taiwanese people following today's successful democratic elections that resulted in a historic third consecutive term for the Democratic Progressive Party, led by President-elect Lai Ching-te and Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim, which favors strong ties with the United States. The Senators, wh  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker last week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), pressed the Biden administration to reestablish deterrence with regard to Iran and its terrorist proxies following the announcement that U.S. and British military forces, with assistance from other allies, launched a strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen. For month  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) through Fiscal Year 2028. The bill would authorize a total of $175.4 million per year from FY 2024-2028 across the four federal agencies responsible for long-term earthquake risk reduction under NEHRP: the Federal Emergency Man  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake -- the costliest earthquake disaster in U.S. history -- U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) through Fiscal Year 2028. The bill would authorize a total of $175.4 million per year from FY  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement today after the Biden administration announced it will redesignate the Houthi rebels as a "specially-designated global terrorist group." The Houthis had been designated both a "specially-designated global terrorist group" and a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" (FTO) by the Trump admin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) congratulated the Taiwanese people following today's successful democratic elections that resulted in a historic third consecutive term for the Democratic Progressive Party, led by President-elect Lai Ching-te and Vice President-elect Hsiao Bi-khim, which favors strong ties with the United States. The senators, who traveled to Taiw  more