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Alaskan Congressman Don Young was sworn into office today beginning his 20th term as the sole Member of Congress representing Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives. “I am honored to be sworn in for my 20th term of office today, representing the state I love so dearly as the second most senior Republican in the House,” said Rep. Young. “It feels good to be back in the majority, and I am very ... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young introduced three bills today, on the first day of the 112th Congress. H.R. 39, to delist the Polar Bear – this legislation would delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. “Listing an animal as ‘threatened’ despite its increasing populations is absurd and incredibly irresponsible,” said Rep. Young. “This listing threatens t... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young has been named Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, a newly established subcommittee under the House Natural Resources Committee. Oversight and legislative responsibilities for Indian and Alaska Native matters were previously handled by the Full Committee. "After much discussion with Chairman Hastings on this issue, I am very pleased that ... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon, following the Secretarial Order made by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today to allow the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to designate areas as "Wild Lands": "I am disgusted by today's announcement. This is yet another example of overreaching by the Federal Government and of the Administration detouring around Congress ... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon commending Governor Parnell and the State of Alaska on their decision to file suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service over the agency’s decision to significantly curtail fishing in the western Aleutians out of concern for Stellar Sea Lions: “I commend Governor Parnell for taking the necessary steps to ensure t... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon following notice that the Federal Highway Administration has signed a Record of Decision to allow the building of 19 miles of access roads and the construction of a toll bridge across nearly three miles of Alaska’s Knik Arm, connecting the Ports of Anchorage and MacKenzie: “This has been a long time coming. It has been f... Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 1609, the Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act, by voice vote this afternoon. Alaskan Congressman Don Young is an original cosponsor of the House bill, H.R. 3910. This bill would establish a process for certain fishermen to create a cooperative to allocate quotas of Pacific cod among its members. Rep. Young’s remarks (to vi... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: “There is a quote etched in marble above the Speaker’s chair in the House chamber. It states ‘Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our... Read more »

Alaskan Congressman Don Young is pleased to announce that Alaskans wishing to visit their Congressional office will now have a little more room to stretch their legs after their long flights to D.C. After over a decade in his current office, Congressman Young chose to participate in this year’s lottery for office space, and based on his seniority in the House, was able to secure one of the two “su... Read more »

The Alaska Congressional Delegation is pleased to announce the following grants and contracts awarded to communities in the State of Alaska: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation & Enforcement $1,845,429 to the Northwest Arctic Borough to create an inventory to catalog subsistence studies. Federal Transit Program $400,000 to Capitol Transit in Juneau, AK as part of the State of Good Repair... Read more »