WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "Our nation has needed permitting reform for quite some time, and this move by the Biden Administration pushes back progress by decades. Instead of unleashing the power of American ingenuity   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana), and U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska) formally introduced today a bipartisan, bicameral, Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden Administration's new burdensome environmental review process. "Instead of implementing the law as stated and taking one step forward, the Biden White House has chos  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSresL) -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health (FISH) Act to modernize Alaska fisheries. Currently, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) is the primary federal law governing the management and conservation of both commercial and recreational fisheries, but has not been updated since 2006. "Seafood plays an important role in prov  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSfact) -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following one pager on June 18, 2024: * * * Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health Act Seafood is a significant source of protein worldwide, and the US seafood industry supports 1.2 million jobs and adds over $70 billion to the nation's economy annually. The Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) is the nation's premier law governing the management and conservation of commercial and recreational fisheries in the US Exclusi  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule. "The Biden administration's expansion of NEPA regulations is just their latest effort to strangle American innovation. This rule would allow 'social effects' to serve as an all-encompa  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, today announced the release of S.1723, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act from Committee. The legislation, authored by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), would establish a federal commission to investigate, docu  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, today announced the release of S.1723, Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act from Committee. The legislation, authored by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warr  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released the following statement after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology for the church's role in inflicting a legacy of abuse and trauma on Indigenous children and their families through the Catholic Church's participation in Indian bo  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Today, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFE  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, today welcomed the inclusion of language in the recent Group of Seven (G7) Leaders' Communique opposing Russia's "environmentally unsustainable and unfair trading practices regarding fish and seafood products." Because of the devastating impacts Russia's seafood dumping has had on Alaska and the larger U.S. s  more