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APRN: U.S. House Bill Seen as Aviation Boon, Housing Bane
Posted in Articles on June 11, 2015 | Preview rr

U.S. House Bill Seen as Aviation Boon, Housing Bane By Liz Ruskin, APRN The U.S. House this week narrowly passed a transportation and housing spending bill that Alaska Congressman Don Young says includes programs important to Alaska aviation. The bill de-funds a controversial FAA hiring test. Among its critics are graduates of UAA’s Collegiate Training Initiative, who say the test hurts their chances of getting FAA jobs. Young says he also helped defeat an amendment to de-fund Essential Air Serv... Read more
Congressman Young Mounts Fight to Defend Alaska Aviation Interests in House Passed Appropriations Bill
Posted in Press Releases on June 10, 2015 | Preview rr

Washington, D.C. – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives and Alaska Congressman Don Young passed H.R. 2577, the Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act, by a vote of 216 to 210. During consideration of H.R. 2577, Congressman Young mounted several notable fights to defend Alaskan aviation interests, including efforts to defend UAA Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) graduates harmed by FAA hiring changes, which passed 240 to 186, and effor... Read more
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Study Impacts of Ocean Acidification
Posted in Press Releases on June 10, 2015 | Preview rr
Tags: Fisheries
Washington, D.C. – Representatives Don Young, Sam Farr (D-CA), and Lois Capps (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 2717, the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2015, to expand NOAA’s efforts to study the impacts of ocean acidification, which could threaten an estimated $350 billion blue economy that employees over 2.9 million people in the United States. The bill addresses the need for a greater understanding of the economic, social and ecological impacts of ocean acidif... Read more
APRN: Rep. Don Young Marries on 82nd Birthday
Posted in Articles on June 9, 2015 | Preview rr

Rep. Don Young Marries on 82nd Birthday By Liz Ruskin, APRN Alaska Congressman Don Young tied the knot today, on his 82nd birthday. Young married 76-year-old Anne Garland Walton, a flight nurse from Fairbanks, this afternoon, in a little prayer room near the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Later, at his congressional office, Young was smiling ear to ear, still wearing a pink rose in his lapel. “I think she’s sillier than hell to marry me, to be right up front with you,” he said. “But I asked her an... Read more
ADN: Alaska congressman Don Young weds in DC
Posted in Articles on June 9, 2015 | Preview rr

Alaska congressman Don Young weds in DC By Erica Martinson WASHINGTON -- Rep. Don Young, Alaska's sole representative in the U.S. House, married Anne Garland Walton on Tuesday in a small ceremony in a chapel in the U.S. Capitol building, on his 82nd birthday. “Today, I’m happy to announce that my fiancée Anne and I have tied the knot. As I celebrate my 82nd birthday, Anne has given me the best gift anyone could ask for -- her hand in marriage. She jokingly says I will never forget our anniversar... Read more
AK Delegation: Fort Wainwright Soon Welcoming Gray Eagle “Sky Warriors”
Posted in Press Releases on June 4, 2015 | Preview rr

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation received good news today from the United States Army, that Fort Wainwright will be the home base for nine “Gray Eagle” Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles. This announcement solidifies the Department of Defense’s investment of manpower and infrastructure in Alaska, the “most strategic location in the world.” The Gray Eagle Company will bring 128 military personnel and their families to Interior Alaska beginning next month, and represents a major addi... Read more
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill Passes House with Congressman Young’s Support
Posted in Press Releases on June 3, 2015 | Preview rr

Washington, D.C. – Moving ahead in the Appropriations process, today the U.S. House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young passed H.R. 2578, the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations Act, which will provide $51.4 billion in funding for programs critical to the nation’s economic development, public safety, and national security. The bill, which sets spending for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Science Foundation, NASA and other re... Read more
FDNM: EDITORIAL - Finding privacy, surveillance balance: Act's passage will reduce unfettered ability to spy on citizens
Posted in Articles on June 3, 2015 | Preview rr

EDITORIAL: Finding privacy, surveillance balance: Act's passage will reduce unfettered ability to spy on citizens Privacy advocates scored a rare victory this week in Washington, D.C., as an oddly divided U.S. Senate opted to sunset some government agencies’ most far-reaching surveillance methods. At issue was the bulk collection of U.S. citizens’ phone data records, which for years the National Security Agency has warehoused as part of the war on terror. Resentment against surveillance-state as... Read more
SitNews: Alaska Republicans blast EPA, Obama for overreach on water rule
Posted in Articles on June 3, 2015 | Preview rr

Alaska Republicans blast EPA, Obama for overreach on water rule By MARY KAUFFMAN (SitNews) - The Obama administration last week asserted its authority over the nation's streams, wetlands and other smaller waterways, and moved forward with one of the most controversial environmental regulations in recent years. In what the Environmental Protection Agency is calling an historic step for the protection of clean water, the EPA and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule on May 27th to clearly p... Read more
Young Shares Thoughts Following Passage of USA Freedom Act
Posted in Press Releases on June 2, 2015 | Preview rr

Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 2048, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act), in the U.S. Senate. The bipartisan legislation, supported by Congressman Young and 337 of his colleagues in the House, works to protect the Constitutional rights of law abiding citizens by reining in the dragnet collection of data by the National Security... Read more

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