Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young issued the following statement immediately after President Obama’s State of the Union address to the nation this evening: “Tonight, the President had the opportunity to clearly outline his legislative priorities and vision for America in the State of the Union address. What I hoped for, following another year of rhetoric and broken promises, was a v... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Alaska and Hawaii’s Congressional delegations today introduced legislation that would exempt residents of the two states –and communities that rely on essential air service as subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation – from the increase in air travel fees included in December’s budget deal. This exemption would protect interisland flights from increased air travel fees,... Read more »
ANCHORAGE – Congressman Don Young has never been known to mince words and he isn’t holding back when it comes to the Pebble Mine. Young isn’t happy about the EPA’s final report on the Bristol Bay watershed that predicts big problems if a mine the size of Pebble goes in. The congressman said, for him, the issue isn’t about salmon or the environment. He said the bigger issue is the fact that a feder... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced his official list of Alaskan students nominated for appointment to a United States Service Academy for the class of 2018. “Once again, I am honored to nominate such a talented group of young Alaskans for appointment to our nation’s military service academies,” Congressman Don Young said. “As some of our state’s best and brightest stude... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – With the support of Alaskan Congressman Don Young, today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act by a vote of 359-67 to provide depth and detail to the bipartisan budget deal reached in December that set top-line discretionary spending for Fiscal Year 2014 at $1.012 trillion. The bill includes many Alaska specific provisions that highlight th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today released the following statement in support of restoring veteran pensions cut in last year’s budget deal. “From the very beginning, I have opposed the veteran COLA reduction within the bipartisan budget deal,” said Congressman Don Young. When I voted for the bill, my intentions were clear; the COLA reduction would need to be stripped from the ... Read more »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- More than 3,300 Alaskans signed up for private health insurance during the first three months of the online marketplace, with the vast majority — 83 percent — receiving federal help in paying their premiums, government figures released Monday show. The number of sign-ups as of Dec. 28 is up sharply from the end of November, when fewer than 400 Alaskans had selected plans. Na... Read more »
Utah-based group pushing to transfer federal land to states BY DJ SUMMERS, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Doug Heaton, executive director of the American Lands Council, says he has a plan for Alaska to take control of federally owned lands within the state’s borders. Speaking at the Jan. 9 Meet Alaska event, an annual gathering hosted by the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Heaton laid out a legal ar... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today supported bipartisan legislation to curtail one of the many shortfalls within the President’s healthcare law. The bill seeks to place accountability on federal agencies responsible for implementing the law, while providing Americans with real-time information regarding security failures. H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – A day after the U.S. Army announced force restructuring figures that reduce the overall number of Army personnel in Alaska by 373 soldiers and nearly 80,000 across the country, Congressman Don Young sent a letter (click here to view) to the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff to stress the importance of Alaska’s strategic geography and his support for increas... Read more »
