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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Congressman Young Shares Statement on Iran
October 13, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today shared the following statement on the Iran Nuclear Agreement: “I opposed the Iran Nuclear deal from the onset, in part because it abandoned the strict level of scrutiny needed to prevent Iran’s nuclear ambitions and placed an unprecedented level of trust in a rogue nation that continues to skirt international sanctions while acting as a catalyst for terrorism and violence across the globe,” said Congressman Don Young. “Very simply, this was a...
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Bipartisan Group in House Introduce Digital Coast Act
October 13, 2017
(Washington, DC) – Representatives C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Don Young (R-AK), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), and Charlie Crist (D-FL) today introduced bipartisan legislation that will help local and state governments build coastal resiliency along the United States’ 95,000 miles of shoreline. Geospatial mapping information can be complicated, expensive to collect, and difficult to use without in-house expertise. In the wake of devastating recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the need for s...
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Young on Healthcare Executive Order: “One Way to Potentially Relieve Burdens Placed on Premium Payers”
October 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today shared the following statement on the White House Executive Order “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States:” “I welcome this decision; a stringent review by our federal agencies to see whether steps can be made to relieve the pain and pressures of a law that have caused so much grief and hardship for hardworking Alaskans and Americans. Any new administration should be reviewing the regulations on its books, partic...
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All-of-the-Above Approach In House Natural Resources Committee
October 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, Chairman Emeritus of the House Natural Resources Committee, went back to back to back in hearings today on issues critical to Alaska-based energy and resource development. H.R. 219, Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act (Rep. Don Young): In a morning hearing by the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, the panel reviewed legislation introduced by Alaska Congressman Don Young to facilitate the completion of an expanded hydroelectri...
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Young Weighs in on House-Passed FY 18 Budget Resolution, Spearheads Efforts to Open ANWR Through Reconciliation Process
October 5, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today shared the following statement on House passage of H.Con. Res. 71, the fiscal year 2018 congressional budget resolution: “This budget is not everything we wanted, but it’s something we have to have in order to get this country back on track,” said Congressman Don Young. “Otherwise, we can’t move forward on tax reform – vitally important to strengthening the economy, healthcare reform, or efforts to address our nation’s spiraling debt. Those t...
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