Lisa Murkowski
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Recent News About Lisa Murkowski
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Senators Murkowski, Coons, Cramer introduce legislation to study global emissions intensity and hold countries with dirty production accountable
An essential step to countering global emissions from polluting countries, the PROVE IT Act would gather the necessary data to quantify the advantage of the United States’ cleaner manufacturing practices against countries with little to no environmental standards
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Murkowski, Whitehouse, Senate Colleagues Reintroduce Bill During CHOW to Address Ocean Acidification
During Capitol Hill Oceans Week (CHOW), U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus, reintroduced the Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act, legislation that will ensure coordination and collaboration between federal, state, local and tribal entities on ocean acidification research and monitoring.
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Alaska Delegation Frustrated by Interior’s Delay of the Ambler Access Project
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) on June 06released the following joint statement after the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced an up to six-month delay for the finalization of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Ambler Access Project (AAP). The AAP, which is guaranteed access across federal land under a 1980 law, is now in its eighth year of federal permitting.
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Murkowski Leads Bill to Invest in Blue Economy, Spark Innovations in Coastal Communities
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would support coastal communities by fostering collaboration between different industries
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Murkowski Reinforces Need to Support Child Care Availability, Affordability, and Workforce
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) took part in a Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing to discuss the need to support working families and child care workers as we focus on the child care shortage.
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Murkowski Supports the Fiscal Responsibility Act
Averts Imminent Default, Improves Nation’s Fiscal Trajectory, Continues to Reform the Federal Permitting Process
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Murkowski, King Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Rural Fishing Communities
The Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act would allow businesses that directly support fishing industry to access existing agriculture loan program
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Murkowski Announces the Department of Defense Overdose Data Act
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation would require DOD to track, publish overdose data for service members and their families while expanding access to treatment, prevention resources
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Murkowski Honors Fallen Service Members on Memorial Day
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on May 29 offered the following statement in observance of Memorial Day
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Murkowski Welcomes $11.8 Million in IIJA Funding to Cleanup Brownfields
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on May 26 welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that over $11.8 million in funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is being awarded across seven projects in Alaska through the Brownfields Program.
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Murkowski Applauds Alaska’s Kuskokwim Consortium Library on Winning Nation’s Highest Honor
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on May 26 made the following statement after the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded Kuskokwim Consortium Library in Bethel, Alaska, the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service – the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries.
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Murkowski Joins 26 Senators to Reintroduce Bill Seeking Healing for Stolen Native Children and their Communities
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, joined 26 senators in reintroducing S.1723, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act, which seeks healing for stolen Native children and their communities.
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Delegation Welcomes Reaffirmation of Alaska LNG Project
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) this week welcomed a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.
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Delegation Welcomes Over $200 Million in Fishery Disasters Funding for Alaska
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed allocations of nearly $216 million in fishery disaster funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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ICYMI: Murkowski-Led Bill to Provide Transparent and Safe Access to Treatment Passes HELP Committee
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined advocates from Alaska and across the U.S. in welcoming the news that her amendment, the Safe Step Act of 2023, was reported favorably out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee – of which Senator Murkowski serves as a Senior Member.
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Coons, Murkowski, Whitehouse, Rounds reintroduce legislation to support spouses of veterans who died from ALS
Legislation would fix policy to ensure access to benefits for surviving spouses of veterans who died from ALS
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Murkowski Announces New Staff Hires, Promotions
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on May 12 announced new staff members in her Soldotna and Anchorage offices, and a staff promotion within her Washington, D.C. office.
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Murkowski Supports Comprehensive Permitting and Environmental Review Reform Legislation
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), former chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), joined Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the ENR Committee in introducing legislation to substantively reform the nation’s broken permitting and environmental review processes, which are currently delaying key energy, infrastructure, and transportation projects across America.
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Murkowski Hosts SCPAR Conference, Emphasizes U.S. Role as an Arctic Nation
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently hosted leaders from five Arctic nations in Washington, DC, as part of a conference of the Standing Committee of Arctic Parliamentarians (SCPAR).
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Murkowski Congratulates Norway on Assumption of Chairship of Arctic Council
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on May 11, 2023 released the following statement as the Chairship of the Arctic Council, the world’s leading forum for intergovernmental cooperation and collaboration among the nations of the Far North, passed from Russia to Norway.