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Washington, D.C. - Alaskan Congressman Don Young today praised the final passage of H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act, legislation he cosponsored to allow millions of Americans with canceled healthcare policies under the Affordable Care Act the ability to keep their existing plans. This commonsense, bipartisan legislation makes good on the President’s broken promise that every American woul... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young received positive news today from the U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) that they have reversed their decision to deny increased international travel to the Fairbanks International Airport by limiting landing rights for Air North – a Yukon Territory based airline service working closely with Holland America to bring visitors to Alaska. The decision comes only da... Read more »

JUNEAU — Fifty-three Alaskans signed up for private health insurance during the first month of the online federal marketplace, government figures released Wednesday show. Alaska is one of 36 states that has relied on the federally run site to provide access to the marketplace, where individuals can browse for insurance to help meet requirements of the federal health care law. The site has been mar... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Alaskan Congressman Don Young issued the following statement in response to the Department of Health and Human Services release of Affordable Care Act enrollment numbers. “After nearly 4 years of planning and preparation for the rollout of this unsound healthcare law, the Administration has failed the American public once again by spending nearly $600 million taxpayer dollar... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today joined 38 members of Congress in signing a bipartisan letter urging leadership in both the House and Senate to include fishery disaster relief in the final funding package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. The bipartisan coalition from coastal states across the country emphasized the devastating impacts fisheries disasters have had on coastal communiti... Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation is advocating that Congress use the same approach it does with the Veterans Administration and fund the Indian Health Service one year in advance, to avoid the recurring and needless uncertainty faced by Alaska Native health care providers and those of providers for all indigenous people. Given the fact that the IHS has received its funding on t... Read more »

Washington, D.C. - While traveling in Southeast Alaska this week during the Congressional state work period, Alaska Congressman Don Young experienced some minor chest discomfort and out of caution went for examination at the Wrangell Medical Center. After observation, he was advised to seek further diagnostic tests, which he undertook Saturday afternoon in Anchorage. Following tests, Congressman Y... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today Alaskan Congressman Don Young (U.S. Army 1955-1957) released the following statement commemorating Veterans Day: Read more »

In a Wednesday speech that at times evoked a tent revival sermon, U.S. Rep. Don Young spoke about his myriad concerns about federal over-reach. Alaska’s 20-term, at-large representative paid a visit to Ketchikan as part of a greater tour of southern Southeast Alaska, which also includes stops in Wrangell and Petersburg. In Ketchikan, Young’s speech was hosted by the Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Co... Read more »

Rep. Don Young speaks during Wednesday’s Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Just in case you were wondering, Alaska’s Rep. Don Young is running for re-election. The outspoken congressman made that point, and many more, during a presentation this week in Ketchikan, where he touched on health care, the economy, resource development, federal regulations and his disdain for cell phones. Rep. Youn... Read more »