WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young (both R-Alaska) today sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe insisting that commercial hunting and fishing guides and air taxi operators with valid permits be allowed to continue to operate in National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. Unlike other Department of the Interior agencies, the USFWS has taken steps to p... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the federal government begins the second week of the government shutdown, Congress remains in gridlock. President Obama and Senate Democrats, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), continue to refuse to come to the negotiating table. However, since the shutdown began on October 1, 2013, the House of Representatives has passed a variety of funding bills to reopen essential ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced the passage of H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, legislation that would ensure that federal employees currently furloughed during the government shutdown would be retroactively compensated. “I am relieved to see the House pass this bill that will give federal workers, who have been furloughed through no fa... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced cosponsoring of H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, legislation that would ensure that federal employees currently furloughed during the government shutdown would be retroactively compensated. “This bipartisan bill is the right thing to do for the thousands of furloughed federal employees around the country.... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the federal government shutdown drags on, Alaskan Congressman Don Young continues to seek an end to the gridlock that will lead to the reopening of the federal government and put our country’s furloughed employees back to work. Yesterday, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Congressman Young joined colleagues, Republicans and Democrats alike, in urging Speaker of the House... Read more »
After a two-year fight against an ill-conceived proposal to relocate the F-16s from Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks to Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (J-BER) , “warm” the base and cut thousands of jobs, Alaska’s congressional delegation today received official word that the Air Force has scrapped the proposal. During a conference call with the Alaska delegation Air Force senior leaders report... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning at 12:01a.m., October 1, 2013, the federal government officially shut down. In a vote early this morning, the U.S. House of Representatives worked to find a resolution to this problem, acting to appoint a select group of House Members to a Conference Committee with the Senate. Alaskan Congressman Don Young supported this measure, and issued the following statement a... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress works to end the federal government shutdown that began early this morning, the U.S. House today voted on three funding measures to ensure that the our nation’s veterans continue to receive the benefits they earned, reopen our National Parks and the Smithsonian facilities, and provide local funding for the District of Columbia. Alaskan Congressman Don Young voted in... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress works to end the federal government shutdown that began early this morning, the U.S. House today voted on three funding measures to ensure that the our nation’s veterans continue to receive the benefits they earned, reopen our National Parks and the Smithsonian facilities, and provide local funding for the District of Columbia. All three measures failed to get the tw... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today after voting in support of H.J. Res. 59, a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 15, 2013, delay the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act by one year, and eliminates the Obamacare exemption for Members of Congress and political appointees in the White House. “Once again, the Hou... Read more »
