Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young announced a partnership between his office and the Library of Congress to preserve the stories of Alaska's veterans for generations to come.
Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, helped the House pass H.R. 3409 – the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019.
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after receiving a briefing from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long on the 7.0 earthquake which struck near Anchorage, Alaska Friday morning, causing extensive damage to infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.
This legislation modernizes airport infrastructure, improves service for customers, streamlines and reforms the FAA certification and regulatory processes, enhances aviation safety and reforms FEMA programs and the TSA. Congressman Young secured many Alaska specific provisions.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 200 the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act sponsored by Congressman Don Young. This bill will reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act for the first time over a decade. Read more here.
Commander and Senior Enlisted Advisor for JBER’s 477th Fighter Group – Colonel David “Piff” Piffarerio and Chief Master Sergeant Beau Honeycutt – meeting with Congressman Young.
Alaskan students visiting Washington, D.C. with the Southcentral Foundation recently stopped by Congressman Young’s office to get an up close look at Congress and snap a few photos.
Congressman Young discussing the essential role industries and businesses play in growing and developing the economy at an Alaska Chamber of Commerce “Meet and Greet.”
Members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and the Southeast Conference Transportation and Timber Committees hosted Congressman Young in April to discuss efforts to improve economic opportunity in the Panhandle, including the major failures of federal land management agencies.
Sitka Sentinel owner and editor Thad Poulson greeting Congressman Young with his own “hot off the press” edition.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young launched a new website feature allowing Alaskans to send a note to Alaska's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink and her staff, thanking them for their hard work in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the coming weeks, Congressman Young will compile the digital thank you notes ...READ MORE
For video of Congressman Young’s remarks on the CARES Act, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young was on the House Floor for the quorum call and the subsequent passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – emergency stimulus legislation to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pand...READ MORE
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) led a bipartisan group of over 40 House colleagues on a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, urging the establishment of two temporary task forces to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. One to expedite the development of COVID-19 vacci...READ MORE
