Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today issues the following statements in response to a number of actions taken in the first days of the Trump presidency: Minimizing the Burden of the Affordable Care Act: “There’s no question, the Affordable Care Act is broken. In states like Alaska, the failures have been magnified through the loss of all but one provider, skyrocketing premiums and... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, this week introduced identical bills in both chambers of Congress to facilitate a life-saving road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. Without the road, local residents continue to be at the mercy of high winds, dense fog, and strong storms that prevent safe and timely transport... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman of the Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee, Alaska Congressman Don Young, will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 10 am (AK) to discuss legislation directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to convey certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council and Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation. H.R. 4289, introduced by Congressman Do... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, today held a hearing on legislation he introduced to resolve the longstanding issue facing “landless” Alaska Natives from the communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee and Wrangell. “These Alaska Natives were denied the opportunity to establish village or urban co... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Federal property in Tok, Alaska could become the permanent home to the regions’ only behavioral health clinic if legislation introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young becomes law. Introduced yesterday, H.R. 2038 would authorize the conveyance of U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) housing facilities, which are no longer of use to the USCG following the 2010 decommissioning of the LORAN St... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today shared the following message as the United States assumes its two year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, an eight nation intergovernmental organization for Arctic nations and its peoples: Congressman Young shares his thoughts on U.S. Chairmanship of Arctic Council (click here to watch). “Today, we are taking over the two year chairmanship of... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young, Chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 11:00 AM (ET), in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, to discuss the following bills. H.R. 329 (Introduced by Congressman Don Young – AK), To amend the Indian Employment, Training an... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Building on the efforts of the 113th Congress to improve the primary federal housing program for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, today Alaskan Congressman Don Young and the House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize the Native American House Assistance and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) and assist Native communities across the country in... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today criticized the extreme hypocrisy of the Obama Administration and its environmentalist allies following their support and silence, respectively, on H.R. 4402, a bill that would establish a surface danger zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge in order to establish a live-fire training range complex. “For years, a united Alaskan effort has ... Read more »
Federal legislation that would allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to resume the harvest of seagull eggs in Glacier Bay National Park passed the House on Monday, according to a news release from Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska. “For nearly 50 years, the Huna Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska have been prohibited by federal regulation from practicing an integral part of their heritage they hav... Read more »
