WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) filed an amendment to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to the foreign aid package currently being debated in the Senate. Senator Hawley's amendment--which passed the Senate last year with overwhelming bipartisan support--has been updated to include compensation for communities devastated by decades-old nuclear waste in Alaska, Tenness  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Washington, ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its Preliminary Report regarding the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, involving a Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. "Today's preliminary NTSB re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted in favor of procedural motions to begin debate on two measures related to the migrant crisis at the southern border and aid for U.S. allies. The first motion, which failed last night by a vote of 49-50, would have invoked cloture on the motion to proceed to bipartisan legislation addressing both the migrant crisis at the southern border and provided aid to U.S. a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra calling on him to waive the full enrollment initiative penalty for Head Start programs who have not met their enrollment numbers due to challenges recruiting and retaining staff amid workforce shortages. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Head Start pro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released the statement below regarding the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) preliminary report on the Alaska Airlines flight 1282 plug door accident. The Senator and other Committee le  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today issued the following joint statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of last month's Alaska Airlines Flight 12  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today announced the upcoming departure of her Chief of Staff, Kaleb Froehlich, who will be leaving the office for an opportunity in the private sector. "Kaleb has led my office for well over three years, and while I'm sad to lose him, I'm grateful he will have this opportunity to spend more time in Alaska with his family. Kaleb is a strong and talented leader and has b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), released the following statement pending the Senate vote to advance border legislation: "On day one, the Biden administration created this border crisis with their self-imposed open border policies," Sen. Sullivan said. "In the last three years, Americans in all fifty states have felt the impacts of this administration's decision to do nothing, month after month, year aft  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced the names of 27 young Alaskans he nominated to the U.S. Military Service Academies. Senator Sullivan made his selections with the help of an Academy Review Board, comprised of eleven members from across Alaska, many of whom are service academy graduates. The board reviewed applications, interviewed each of the applicants, and made recommendations to the sena  more