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Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today praising the State of Alaska for its rejection of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) extension of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) into the southeastern and southern coasts of Alaska: “The extension of the emission control area into Alaska is just another example of the EPA’s nonstop attack on Alaska and it... Read more »

The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4402, the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act – legislation that includes Alaskan Congressman Don Young’s amendment to exempt certain mining activities located on national forest land from the 2001 Forest Service Roadless Rule. For nearly a decade, mining projects throughout Alaska were exempt from the Roadless Rule. However, in 2... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today after voting for H.R. 6079 – a bill to repeal ObamaCare (The Affordable Care Act): “This President’s promise that ObamaCare would create new jobs and lower healthcare costs in America was nothing more than a pipe dream. This law effectively increases Washington’s control over our healthcare system through new taxes and burdensome... Read more »

The House of Representatives passed legislation last night similar to a bill introduced by Alaskan Congressman Don Young that will make it easier for Alaskan transportation workers to enroll, activate, or renew their Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) cards. Instead of having to make multiple costly trips to an enrollment center often times located hundreds of miles away, H.R. 3173 m... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young joined the House of Representatives today in passing the conference report (H.R. 4348) on a new 28-month Highway Bill. This legislation is critically important because it will fund federal highway, transit and highway safety programs through the end of fiscal year 2014. The House overwhelmingly passed this bipartisan legislation by a vote of 373 to 52. “Make no mista... Read more »

Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and Don Young, R-Alaska, today hailed the inclusion of critical ferry program funding changes in the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. The bill changes ferry funding from a grants-based system to a mandatory formula-based program that will provide guaranteed funding for ferry systems. “This bill is a huge win for states like Washington and Alaska that have s... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced a deal on a final conference report for a 28-month Highway Bill that restores critical funding to Alaskan programs including the Alaska Railroad, Alaska Marine Highway and the Tribal Transportation Program. Rep. Young was a member of the House-Senate Conference Committee that negotiated this agreement. “My priority from day one as a member of the confe... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today in response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of ObamaCare (The Affordable Care Act): “Today's decision by the Supreme Court does not change the fact that ObamaCare sticks the American people with new taxes, new regulations and devastating cuts to Medicare. “When it comes to the individual man... Read more »

To honor veterans who fought in the Korean War, Alaskan Congressman Don Young (U.S. Army 1955-1957) recently introduced H.R. 5928, the Mount Chosin Few Act – a bill to name a mountain in the Alaska Chugach National Forest roughly 28 miles Northeast of Cordova as “Mount Chosin Few.” After working with Rep. Young and his staff, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the naming of “Mount Chosin ... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today in response to news that the Air Force has halted its plan to move the F-16 squadron from Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson: "I welcome today's announcement by the Air Force and I am pleased they have decided to suspend their plans to move Eielson’s 18th Aggressor Squadron. As I have long maintained, the A... Read more »