WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) announced today that Alaska will receive more than $47 million in grants to invest in critical transportation projects from Western Alaska to Homer and Southeast. These awards, made possible through the Department of Transportation's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program as part of the Infrastructure Inve  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON --U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Nick Begich III (all R-Alaska), today slammed the Department of the Interior (DOI) for holding a lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in a manner that predictably resulted in no bids. The lease sale, announced in December after DOI arbitrarily rewrote the Coastal Plain oil and g  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Nick Begich III (all R-Alaska), today slammed the Department of the Interior (DOI) for holding a lease sale in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in a manner that predictably resulted in no bids. The lease sale, announced in December after DOI arbitrarily rewrote the Coastal Plain oil and gas program to mak  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), alongside John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the Venezuela Advancing Liberty, Opportunity, and Rights Act (VALOR Act). This legislation will help guide U.S. policy in support of a transition to democratic order in Venezuela.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL33872) on Jan. 6, 2025, entitled "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview." The report is written by energy policy specialists Michael Ratner and Lexie Ryan and natural resources policy specialists Laura B. Comay, Eric P. Nardi and Mariel J. Murray. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY In the ongoing energy debate in Congress, one recurring issue has been the possibility of oil and   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following statement on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement following the Biden Administration's action removing over 625 million acres from future leasing opportunities. The action impacts federal waters in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska. "President Biden's eleventh-hour ban on offshore energy devel  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON --U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 52 other senators in introducing the Laken Riley Act in the 119 th Congress earlier this week. A motion to proceed (cloture vote requiring 60 votes to pass) has been filed and a vote is scheduled on the Senate floor for this afternoon. The legislation passed the House of Representatives Wednesday after being introduced by  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle today applauded the Biden Administration's executive action to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling on 625 million acres of coastal waters along the entire West Coast, East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea. "Combating the climate crisis demands bold and decisiv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Yesterday, President Joe Biden signed into law H.R. 82 The Social Security Fairness Act, legislation that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who has co-sponsored the legislation every year since 2003, praised the long over-due passage of the law. "I have been working on the Social Security Fairness Act for as long as I've   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), applauded the decision from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to invite Alaska to apply for millions of dollars in grant funding through the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (VCGP) to establish Alaska's first state-granted cemetery for veterans. This announcement follows years of work between Sen. Sullivan's o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle today applauded the Biden Administration's executive action to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling on 625 million acres of coastal waters along the entire West Coast, East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and portions of Alaska's Northern Bering Sea. "Combating the climate crisis demands bold and decisive   more