WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following statement on June 28, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, issued the following statements condemning the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for selecting the "no action" alternative in its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler). The ROD rejects Ambler, a private haul road that would provide  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced $53,998,114 in FY24 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grants awarded via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Alaska roads and ports. "Between permafrost, rising seas, and decades of under-investment from the Lower 48, Alaska roads and ports are long overdue for an upgrade, "said Representative Pelto  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following statement on June 24, 2024: * * * Today, on the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, rolling back reproductive choice protections previously protected under Roe v. Wade, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) released the following statement: "I was born the same year Roe was decided. Two years ago, the rights I've had over my own body for 50 years -   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rules Committee Ranking Member James P. McGovern (D-Mass.), and Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an assessment of the challenges -- and federal efforts to address those challenges -- that American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children face to enrolling in H  more