WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Representative Mary Sattler Peltola's (AK-AL) bipartisan bill elevating the Commandant of the Coast Guard to the U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Chiefs of Staff as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "As the mother to two Coasties, I know how much our Coast Guard sacrifices for our national  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In an opinion published today in the Washington Examiner, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and ranking member of the Readiness and Management Subcommittee, announced amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation being negotiated this week, to address the crisis in U.S. Navy shipbuilding. This crisis is poised to leave the U.S. Nav  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: **To watch Senator Capito's questions for Administrator Whitaker, click here or on the image above.** CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, questioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Matthew Whitaker during an oversight hearing on aviation manufacturing. This   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation to shore up funding for the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), established by the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), which supports state victim compensation and assistance programs. The proposal would transfer remaining funds collected through the False Claims Act (FCA) that currently go to the General Fund of the U.S. Treasury to the CVF. "The  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) a senior member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, participated in a Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearing to receive testimony on 20 bills, including three Alaska-specific bills which are either sponsored or co-sponsored by Senator Murkowski. S. 4310, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Feder  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) voted to pass the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), giving Alaska servicemembers a raise and ensuring American military readiness. The bill now awaits action by the U.S. Senate before a final compromise is sent to the president's' desk and expected to be signed into law before the end of the year. "From  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Today, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, rejecting a lawsuit that would have severely restricted access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved abortion medication, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) issued the following statement: "I was born the same year Roe was decided. Now, 50 years late  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2964, the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act. Sponsored by Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) with co-lead Congresswoman Mary Peltola (AK), the bipartisan, bicameral WIPPES Act would require the Federal Trade Commission to create a uniform label for products that have and/or require a "Do   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: In his opening statement at today's Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled "FAA Oversight of Aviation Manufacturing," Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted how the recently passed FAA Reauthorization Act directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct risk-based inspections of aircraft manufacturers  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has committed to a series of service improvements for Alaskans following meetings between Sen. Sullivan and SSA Commissioner Martin O'Malley. In his letter to Sen. Sullivan, Commissioner O'Malley committed to increasing the number of virtual appointment days in the Mat-Su, placing five new hires in Alaska, and launch  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and ranking member of the Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee, sounded the alarm this morning in an interview on Fox News' America Newsroom over the dramatic reduction of the U.S. Navy fleet and the shipbuilding crisis that has exponentially worsened under President Biden's watch. Senator Sullivan warned that the  more