WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - Letter requests additional H2-B visas needed to fulfill difficult labor demands * * * U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) was joined by six of his Senate colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the additional H-2B visas needed to support local seafood businesses in Virginia and states like Alaska, Maryland, and North Carolina. The letter, signed by Sens. Ben  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following opening statement on Feb. 25 by Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, at a hearing to examine President Trump's fiscal 2021 budget request for the Agriculture Department's U.S. Forest Service: Okay, first budget hearing in the Energy Committee. Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the President's budget request for the U.S. Forest Service for FY 2021. Chief Christiansen, it's good to be able  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Natural Resources subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony on Feb. 27 by Julie Dale McNeese, prevention and education manager for Standing Together Against Rape, at a hearing to examine opportunities to improve prevention and response of sexual assault and sexual harassment at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: My name is Julie Dale. I have been working in the sexual violence prevention field at STAR in Anchor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-West Virginia, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27: * * * - Process-Driven, Consensus-Based Legislation on Senate Floor Next Week * * * After a full year of hearings, business meetings, and bipartisan negotiations, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the text of their energy innovation package. The American Energ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 27: * * * - Process-Driven, Consensus-Based Legislation on Senate Floor Next Week * * * After a full year of hearings, business meetings, and bipartisan negotiations, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., today released the text of their energy innovation package. The American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) will mode  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 25: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the President's $5.3 billion budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) for Fiscal Year 2021. During the hearing, Murkowski addressed the importance of fire management, the need for sustainable timber ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), welcomed an announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that the agency approved $24.4 million to restore losses for Alaska fisheries impacted by the 2018 Pacific cod fishery disaster and $10.3 million for the 2018 sockeye salmon failure in Chignik. The NOAA-approved funds will now be administere  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Lisa Murkoski (R-Alaska), Tina Smith (D.-Minn.), and thirteen other colleagues in cosponsoring the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act of 2020, which would prevent the human trafficking and exploitation of children by providing grants for training students, parents, teachers, and school personnel to recognize, preven  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start awarded a grant of $1,153,729 to the Three Affiliated Tribes in New Town to support Head Start Programs. American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness for children of AIAN heritage by   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * - In letter to Chairman and Ranking Member, Senators urges consideration of King-backed provisions in upcoming legislative package of energy bills * * * U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, urged the Committee's leadership to include King-backed legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions in any potential legislative package. In   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement on Feb. 25 after voting in favor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311), which ensures legal protections for babies born alive following the failure of an attempted abortion: "This legislation addresses complex and sensitive issues of a medical and ethical nature that deserve serious consideration. My vote was centered on my support of protections for infants born alive. We often talk abou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - $33 Million to Support Earthquake Disaster Recovery Efforts * * * U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), announced a $33.5 million grant coming to Alaska to assist communities impacted by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on November 30, 2018. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant was awarded to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Fa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - $34.7 Million for Fisherman & Stakeholders Affected by Fishery Disasters * * * U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), welcomed an announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that the agency approved $24.4 million to restore losses for Alaska fisheries impacted by the 2018 Pacific cod fishery disaster and $10.3 million   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the President's $5.3 billion budget request for the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) for Fiscal Year 2021. During the hearing, Murkowski addressed the importance of fire management, the need for sustainable timber harvesting and recreation access in Alaska, and the disturbing rise in fir  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Yesterday, following more than a year of bipartisan work and negotiations, Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources introduced an energy innovation bill package in which 5 of Senator Jim Risch's priorities were included. The legislation, the American Energy Innovation Act, will modernize U.S. energy policy and ensure cont  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has signed on as a cosponsor of the Modernization of the Older Americans Act Amendments, legislation that reauthorizes the Older Americans Act (OAA) for another four years. The safety-net program was first enacted in 1965 and ensures seniors have access to needed services as they age. Alaska is slated to receive approximately $4.8 million in federal funding for Fiscal Year  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following transcript on Iwo Jima 75th anniversary on Fox News: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday joined The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News Channel to discuss the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Sullivan, a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is an original cosponsor of a Senate resolution recognizing the valor and heroism exhibited by America's service members, led by the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) sent a letter this month to Dr. Neil Jacobs, acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere -- the acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator -- urging the revision of a proposed rule, issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), designating critical habitat for humpback whales in the North Pacific. Specifically, Su  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - DAV Identifies Sullivan's Burn Pits Bill as a Top Legislative Priority * * * Disabled American Veterans (DAV), a more than one million member veterans service organization (VSO), this week presented U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) with its 2020 Outstanding Senate Legislator of the Year Award. Earlier, Sullivan, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, heard from the DAV national lead  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed a report from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts detailing 100 public events promoting pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault that were held in 2019 in 86 judicial districts across the country in accordance with the Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act, Sullivan's legislation that was signed i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * - $33 Million to Support Earthquake Disaster Recovery Efforts * * * U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), announced a $33.5 million grant coming to Alaska to assist communities impacted by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on November 30, 2018. The U.S. Department of Transportation grant was awarded to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Faci  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) was joined by six of his Senate colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the additional H-2B visas needed to support local seafood businesses in Virginia and states like Alaska, Maryland, and North Carolina. The letter, signed by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Sullivan (D-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC),   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies issued the following hearing information: "Review of the FY 2021 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of the Interior" at 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m. on March 4: Agenda Hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2021 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of the Interior Member Statements * Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican - Alaska) Witnesses *   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 27: * * * - Process-Driven, Consensus-Based Legislation on Senate Floor Next Week * * * After a full year of hearings, business meetings, and bipartisan negotiations, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., released the text of their energy innovation package. The American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA) will modernize domestic energy laws to ensure the United States remain  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Angus King (I-Maine) yesterday introduced the American Grown Act, legislation requiring all federal agencies to only procure cut flowers and cut greens grown in the United States. Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) first introduced the legislation in the House in May of 2019. "Alaska has a burgeoning peony and fl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Angus King (I-Maine) yesterday introduced the American Grown Act, legislation requiring all federal agencies to only procure cut flowers and cut greens grown in the United States. Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) first introduced the legislation in the House in May of 2019. "Alaska has a burgeoning peony and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * - Bipartisan letter requests additional H2-B visas needed to fulfill difficult labor demands * * * U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have joined with bipartisan colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the additional H-2B visas needed to support local seafood businesses in Maryland and states like Virginia, Alaska and North Caro  more