Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, has introduced the Gun Rights And Marijuana (GRAM) Act, legislation to secure the Second Amendment rights of Americans living in jurisdictions with legal adult-use and medicinal marijuana. Congressmen Brian Mast (FL-18) and Rodney Davis (IL-13) have joined Congressman Young as original cosponsors of thi... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced the 2020 Census Deadline Extensions Act. This legislation extends the Census Bureau’s statutory deadlines for the delivery of apportionment and redistricting data and ensures the American people of the data’s quality and thoroughness. Congressman Young was joined by Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney, Jimmy Gomez, Gerald E. Conn... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Alaska Congressman Don Young, Co-Chair of the Congressional Mongolia Caucus, received the Mongolian Friendship Medal today at the Mongolian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The medal was awarded by Yondon Otgonbayar, Mongolian Ambassador to the United States. "It was my great honor to have been awarded the Mongolian Friendship Medal today by Ambassador Otgonbayar. I have alway... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), the Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Don Young (AK-AL), and a number of their House colleagues, introduced the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act, which would revoke the CDC’s current No Sail Order on cruises and require the CDC to provide COVID-19 mitigation guidance for crui... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young call on the Department of the Interior to fulfill its promises to Alaska and Alaska Natives after the Department’s announcement that it will impose a two-year stay in the implementation of several new Public Land Orders (PLOs) in Alaska, despite the PLOs already being signed. These PLOs would have lifted withd... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – On Monday, April 13th, Alaska Congressman Don Young met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues to discuss the President’s proposed infrastructure legislation, and to share his expertise and experience. During his tenure as Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Congressman Young succe... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, following the Biden Administration’s announcement that the pending sale of the National Archives building in Seattle, Washington has been halted, Alaska Congressman Don Young issued the following statement: "I am very pleased by the Administration's decision to stop the sale of the National Archives in Seattle. This is a tremendous victory both for Alaska Natives and trib... Read more »
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, were all identified by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) among the top ten most effective lawmakers in the 116th Congress. CEL, a non-partisan, joint partnership between the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University provides an in-depth look at the effectiveness of individual lawmakers in Congress. I... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Don Young (R-AK-AL) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM-03) introduced the House companion to Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Senator Tina Smith's (D-MN) Native American Language Resource Center Act. This legislation would create a designated resource center for the protection, restoration, and long-term stability of Native American languages spoken across th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – This week, Representatives Don Young (R-AK-AL), Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), and John Katko (R-NY-24) reintroduced the bipartisan Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), H.R. 2119. The bill will reauthorize and expand funding for programs focused on protecting survivors and preventing family and domestic violence, and is the only federal ... Read more »
