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Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced he will visit Ketchikan, Wrangell, and Petersburg this week to meet with members of the community. Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Alaskan Congressman Don Young issued the following statement today after his vote in support of H.J. Res. 99, disapproving the President’s authority to suspend the debt limit until February 2014. “When President Obama first entered office 5 years ago, the U.S debt was a staggering $10.6 trillion. After years of spending with no end in sight, the national debt is on pace to doubl... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Alaska Congressman Don Young today announced the addition of Matthew Shuckerow to his Washington, D.C. office, who will be responsible for internal and external communications and media relations in his capacity as Press Secretary. Matt joins the Congressman’s office following the departure of Mike Anderson, who recently returned to Alaska to join the Dan Sullivan for Senate ca... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 623, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act, by voice vote. This legislation was originally introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young and will direct the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer a 2.79 acre parcel of federal land located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the Indian Health Service (IHS) to... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today voted in support of H.R. 3080, a bipartisan bill to ensure the viability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works programs including navigation, flood risk management, recreation, and infrastructure and environmental restoration. The bill passed the House by a vote of 417 to 3. “This legislation has historically provided an opportunity... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today voted in support of H.R. 2775, a bipartisan bill to continue funding the federal government through January 15, 2014 while also lifting the debt ceiling through February 7, 2014. “After weeks of gridlock, today Congress finally broke the stalemate, passing bipartisan legislation to reopen the government, ensure that the United States honors it... Read more »

The Alaska Congressional Delegation was united today in urging Air Force leadership to strongly consider basing the F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base. Following the Air Force’s recent decision to forgo their transfer proposal and leave the F-16 Aggressor squadron stationed at the base, Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich and Representative Don Young wasted no time in pressing Air Force brass on bringin... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today voted in support of H.J. Res. 80, the American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and Safety Act, which will provide immediate funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service through December 15, 2013. Congressman Young issued the following statement after the vote: “As I continue to wo... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During the week of August 19, 2013, a team of agents, led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), raided placer mine sites in the Fortymile Mining District near Chicken, Alaska to investigate potential Clean Water Act violations. Today the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing entitled, “EPA vs. American Mining Jobs:... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich today announced the introduction of a Senate bill that would deliver advanced appropriations to the Indian Health Service – creating funding certainties for a year ahead so that health care providers can best deliver medical services to our Nation’s first Americans – similar to the Department of Veterans Affairs system where Congress sets fu... Read more »