WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amatatook part in welcoming key U.S. Senators and her House colleagues as their Congressional Delegation (CODEL) on a U.S. Air Force flight landed in American Samoa, as did Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga. The bipartisan CODEL included Chairman Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and two of Amata's House colleagues, also on influential com  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In a ceremony yesterday at the Harry S. Truman Federal Building, Dr. Michael Sfraga was sworn in by the U.S. Department of State and officially became the United States' first Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs. Senator Murkowski, a driving force for the creation of the position and a key advocate of Ambassador Sfraga's nomination, offered her congratulations following the ceremony. "Congratulations to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment released the following testimony by Emma Pokon, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, from a Sept. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Waters of the United States Implementation Post-Sackett Decision: Experiences and Perspectives": * * * Dear Chairman Graves, Chairman Rouzer, Ranking Member Larsen, and Ranking Member Napolitano: Thank you for the invitation t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Last week, amidst floor activity to pass a continued resolution to fund the federal government, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) submitted a Statement into the Congressional Record underscoring the importance of funds that were secured in 2021 to support Alaska's children and youth experiencing homelessness. The Senator shared impactful examples of how the funds were used to connect young people to servi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: 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, led Committee passage of the following bills at a business meeting: * S.465, BADGES for Native Communities Act; * S.2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act; and * S.4370, Tribal Forest Protection Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) released video of a Russian Su-35 aircraft conducting a dangerous maneuver next to an Alaska-based U.S. Air Force fighter during an intercept on September 23 in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). "The reckless and un  more