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Congressman for All Alaska Don Young voted against a bill today that would give Washington, D.C. a full-voting Member of Congress. H.R. 1905, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 would allow the lone Delegate from D.C. to vote on the floor of the United States House of Representatives for all votes. Currently they are only permitted to vote in the Committee of the Whole. This ... Read more »

, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young’s legislation to resolve an ongoing conflict involving certain Alaska Native allotments and the Copper Valley Electric Association (CVEA) was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives today. Young’s legislation (H.R. 865) was approved by a voice vote. “H.R. 865 resolves an ongoing conflict between two of my constituencies, an electric cooperative s... Read more »

, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation that will expand and improve avalanche protection programs has been introduced by U.S. Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Mark Udall (D-CO). The legislation - The Federal Land Avalanche Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 1751) – is designed to reduce the risks of avalanches on Federal lands and alleviate the effects on users of those lands, the neighboring areas, and the... Read more »

The following is the statement by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) from today’s hearing by the Natural Resources Committee entitled “Royalties At Risk”. Young is the Ranking Member on the Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Don Young’s Prepared Statement Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing this morning, and welcome to our witnesses. When I first saw the hearing title, I thought t... Read more »

Congressman for All Alaska Don Young voted today in favor of H.R. 1538, the Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007. This bill seeks to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status. “It is vital that we take care of our service members. Nobody can disagree with that,”... Read more »

The following is the statement by U.S. Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) from today’s hearing by the Natural Resources Committee entitled “Access Denied: The Growing Conflict Between Fishing, Hunting & Energy Development On Federal Lands”. Young is the Ranking Member on the Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Don Young’s Statement Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for holding this hearing today an... Read more »

The SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections bill, H.R. 1195, passed the House. This bill seeks to make amendments to the original SAFETEA-LU bill (passed in 2005) for language changes and technical corrections so that affected communities and parties will be eligible for the intended funding originally provided. This bill passed the House twice in the 109th Congress, but failed to pass out of the Senate... Read more »

Congressman for All Alaska Don Young voted today against a bill that would undermine our military’s efforts in Iraq and set unrealistic timetables for the end of U.S. involvement. H.R. 1591, the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act of 2007, places military decisions in the hands of politicians and takes authority away from our military Generals. In addition, this ... Read more »

The following is the statement from U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), from today’s hearing by the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs. The hearing was held to discuss H.R. 900, the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007 and H.R. 1230, the Puerto Rico Self Determination Act of 2007. Rep. Young is the Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources Committee. Rep. Young’s ... Read more »

Alaska's Delegation at Loggerheads with Bush Over Cuts By KEVIN DIAZMcClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON -- Karen Coffey, a teacher's aide in the Bering Strait School District, flies to Anchorage each semester at government expense to supplement her online education classes at Alaska Pacific University. She is one of 62 Native Alaskan educators in the district who have been working on college degrees t... Read more »