At the eleventh hour, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, pulled out a save for drastic cuts to Indian education planned by his fellow House Republicans. The cuts had been widely decried by Native advocacy organizations, tribes, and House Democrats, as they would have stripped millions of dollars in funding and eliminated some successful Indian-focused programs altogether. The turn of events happened July 1... Read more »
JUNEAU, ALASKA — U.S. Rep. Don Young has taken exception to the suggestion that workers at a proposed mine in southeast Alaska take a boat to the job site. He was responding to written testimony from Leslie Weldon, deputy chief of the national forest system. Weldon also had told a House subcommittee in Washington that there were more "economically efficient ways" to bring workers to the proposed N... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the House of Representatives continues to debate the first significant legislative effort to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since the No Child Left Behind Act, Alaskan Congressman Don Young today successfully passed an amendment to protect and modernize critical Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian education initiatives which were on the chopping b... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young, a senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee, today heard testimony from Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, who testified for the first time after joining the agency in April 2013. As the landlord to much of Alaska, Secretary Jewell plays a key role in access to federal lands, and the development and conservation of Alaska’s natura... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this month the Obama Administration announced it would delay by one year the employer health care mandate within the Affordable Care Act that was scheduled to go into effect in 2014. In response to this delay, the U.S. House of Representatives, with Alaskan Congressman Don Young's support, passed H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act, and H.R. 2668 the Fairness ... Read more »
Alaska's lone U.S. House member has voted with the majority to delay key provisions of the federal health care overhaul. U.S. Rep. Don Young, in a statement, called the health care law President Barack Obama's "ill-fated attempted at health care reform" and "one of the worst bills Congress has ever passed." The Republican said he continues to support the repeal of the law. The House on Wednesday v... Read more »
Back in 2008, longtime Alaska Congressman Don Young drew a Republican primary challenge from Sean Parnell, then the state’s lieutenant governor. During the campaign, Young would taunt Parnell, calling him “Capt. Zero.” Ultimately, Young would win re-election. Today, he remains in Congress, while Parnell occupies the governor’s mansion. And apparently, Parnell is no longer a zero in Young’s eyes, a... Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 16 passed legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, to expedite reforms to the certification process of general aviation aircraft. Young said that H.R. 1848, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013, would bring much needed reforms for general aviation pilots in Alaska. If the companion bill in the Senate, S.1072, sponsored by Sen. Amy Klo... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 1848, the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013, cosponsored by Alaskan Congressman Don Young. H.R. 1848 would expedite needed reforms to the certification process of General Aviation aircraft. “Today’s legislation will bring much needed reforms for General Aviation pilots throughout the state,” Rep. Young said.... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today congratulating two young Alaskans on their Congressional Medal achievements: “I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to Leisha Anderson on her Gold Congressional Medal achievement, and to Evie Anderson on her Silver and Bronze Congressional Medal achievements,” said Rep. Young. “I had the pleasure of ... Read more »
