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.
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Delegation Welcomes Coastal Plain EIS Scoping Announcement
April 19, 2018
Congressman Don Young, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, all R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a 60-day public scoping period as it prepares to draft an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Department of the Interior’s oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain. “We welcome this scoping announcement and the Department’s continued work to implement our legislation opening the Coastal Plain to responsible en...
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Committee Approves Protection for Alaska Native Culture
April 18, 2018
Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved Alaska Congressman Don Young’s bill H.R. 4069. This measure will amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to protect traditional Alaska Native handicrafts that use non-edible parts of migratory birds. House Natural Resources Committee Hearing. “This bill protects the heritage of Alaska Natives and provides a commonsense solution,” said Congressman Young. “For thousands of years, the inclusion of bones and feathers in traditional handicrafts has be...
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Bipartisan Support to Reform IRS
April 18, 2018
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5444 the “Taxpayer First Act” and H.R. 5445 the “21st Century IRS Act” with bipartisan support. These bills seek to reform the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to modernize the agency and refocus its priorities on the taxpayer. Alaska Congressman Don Young issued the following statement after passage: “For the federal agency that is entrusted with Americans' tax dollars, it is crucial that it is held accountable and operates transparently,” said Cong...
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Congressman Young Statement on Speaker Ryan Retirement Announcement
April 11, 2018
Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young released the following statement after U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced he is not seeking re-election: “Paul Ryan has been a great Speaker of the House, which is a difficult task. His experience and passion for conservative principles have allowed him to bring the House together at a crucial time in our nation’s history. Serving in Congress while raising a family is very challenging and I understand how difficult it is to do both, but Speaker Ryan has se...
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Alaska Delegation Bill Works to Protect Alaska Native Whaling Quota
April 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – The Alaska Congressional Delegation recently introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to preserve the bowhead whale subsistence harvest and Alaska Native food security under U.S. law if the International Whaling Commission (IWC) fails to act on bowhead whale quota during their September 2018 meeting in Florianopolis, Brazil. The legislation – the Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2018 – is led by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chairman...
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