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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday November 10, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Alaska Delegation Celebrates FCC's "Alaska Plan 2.0" to Strengthen State Broadband Connectivity
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), celebrated the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcement of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), an extension of the successful Alaska Plan program aimed at expanding and improving broadband connectivity throughout Alaska. The Alaska Plan, which went into effect in 2016, re  more

Alaska Senators Slam Interior's Unlawful Attempt to Throttle Responsible Development on Alaska's Coastal Plain
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today released the following statements after the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the congressionally-mandated oil and gas program on the Coastal Plain of the non-wilderness Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. The final SEIS seeks to restrict leasi  more

Natural Resources Committee Chairman Westerman: Committee Members Blast BLM For Continuing Its Attack on Alaska & Alaska Native Voices
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's (ANWR) second lease sale. "Time and time again we have seen the Biden-Harris administration ignore Alaska Native voices and enact disastrous land and energy  more

Sullivan Statement on 2024 Presidential and Senate Election Results
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance's decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election and a switch to a Republican majority in the United States Senate. Results determining majority control in the U.S. House of Representatives continue to be counted. "I want to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump and  more