WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) and U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-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  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Architect of the Capitol issued the following public notice: Each year, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) selects the annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in consultation with the United States Forest Service. The 2024 tree is an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Wrangell District Region in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The tree will travel from Alaska to Washington, D.C., by sea and by truck making stops in communities along its route before arriving at the U.S. Capi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA--U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), announced today that six coastal communities in Alaska will receive more than $104 million in investments this year for critical port and maritime infrastructure. These grants, funded by both annual appropriations and the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Alaska's U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan today teamed up to introduce new bipartisan legislation that elevates and affirms the human rights of Southern Mongolians in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act would make it U.S. policy to advocate for preserving the culture and language of the ethnic Mongolians inside China whose rights  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Biden Administration Recommends Land Exchange, Life-Saving Road for Isolated Alaska Native Community King Cove, AK--U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today praised the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for releasing a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that recommends a land exchange for a life-saving road that will connect the predominantly Aleut community of King Cove   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Yesterday, the House passed the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act (H.R. 7409), a bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) to streamline geothermal energy development and production and lower energy costs. Geothermal energy is a clean energy source that can be used to generate electricity, heat homes, and power industrial processes. Reps.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2024: Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), announced that six coastal communities in Alaska will receive more than $104 million in investments this year for critical port and maritime infrastructure. These grants, funded by both annual appropriations and the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackbu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 33 senators in introducing the Stand with Israel Act, legislation to cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. This legislation is cosponsored by   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today welcomed the passage of S. 2581, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act, which the Senate agreed to by unanimous consent late yesterday evening. This legislation, which Murkowski co-sponsored, reauthorizes the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act through Fiscal Year 2026, allowing the U.S. Forest Service to continue to provide critical funding f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed legislation yesterday he cosponsored to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service's Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through 2026. Sen. Sullivan is a strong proponent of the program, which many Alaska communities are forced to rely on due to declining timber receipts from surrounding federal l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Save Our Lone Emergency Services (SOLES) Act and the Comprehensive Reimbursement Initiative Targeting Investment and Care in Rural Locations (CRITICAL) Act to increase Medicare reimbursement for community and rural hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii. Historically, rural and noncontiguous states have faced significant cost disparities for   more