WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK) today announced the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) substantial award of $177 million in federal grants for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). This award was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and aims to bolster operations and capital projects to improve essentia  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) substantial award of $177 million in federal grants for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). This award was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and aims to bolster operations and capital projects to improve e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Witnesses representing the nation's farmers, home builders, and the State of Alaska today testified that stakeholders and regulated communities across the country continue to struggle with regulatory inconsistency and a lack of transparency from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on what con  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced $158,472,044 in new Airport Improvement Program Grants she voted to fund via FY24 government funding bills. These grants will help rehabilitate airport runways and update other necessary infrastructure for safe air travel in Alaska. "This funding will go a long way in reinventing and rehabilitating our airports that so d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following statement on Sept. 9, 2024: * * * Today, the Office of Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced she would be absent from the House Floor for the week of September 9 to honor the one-year anniversary of her husband's passing. Eugene R. "Buzzy" Peltola Jr. died in a plane crash September 12, 2023. Following her announcement, a spokesperson for the Representative released the following statement: "This  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: This week, the U.S. House of Representatives moved to unanimously pass the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act, legislation introduced by Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL) and Bob Latta (R-OH-05). The legislation will protect Americans' communications networks-including routers and modems-from possible foreign-adversary con  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week led a group of Senate colleagues in demanding answers regarding the implementation of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) new financial management system, which has disrupted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forecast operations,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), as well as U.S. Represe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of his colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) demanding answers regarding the implementation of the DOC's new financial management system. This financial management system has disrupted National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) weather forec  more