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Bipartisan Group in House Introduce Digital Coast Act
Posted in Press Releases on October 13, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Global Warming, Fisheries
(Washington, DC) – Representatives C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Don Young (R-AK), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), and Charlie Crist (D-FL) today introduced bipartisan legislation that will help local and state governments build coastal resiliency along the United States’ 95,000 miles of shoreline. Geospatial mapping information can be complicated, expensive to collect, and difficult to use without in-house expertise. In the wake of devastating recent Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the need for s... Read more
Young on Healthcare Executive Order: “One Way to Potentially Relieve Burdens Placed on Premium Payers”
Posted in Press Releases on October 12, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Health Care Reform
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today shared the following statement on the White House Executive Order “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States:” “I welcome this decision; a stringent review by our federal agencies to see whether steps can be made to relieve the pain and pressures of a law that have caused so much grief and hardship for hardworking Alaskans and Americans. Any new administration should be reviewing the regulations on its books, partic... Read more
All-of-the-Above Approach In House Natural Resources Committee
Posted in Press Releases on October 11, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Alaska Energy Issues, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Native Economic Development, Fisheries, Government Overreach/ Overregulation
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, Chairman Emeritus of the House Natural Resources Committee, went back to back to back in hearings today on issues critical to Alaska-based energy and resource development. H.R. 219, Swan Lake Hydroelectric Project Boundary Correction Act (Rep. Don Young): In a morning hearing by the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, the panel reviewed legislation introduced by Alaska Congressman Don Young to facilitate the completion of an expanded hydroelectri... Read more
Young Weighs in on House-Passed FY 18 Budget Resolution, Spearheads Efforts to Open ANWR Through Reconciliation Process
Posted in Press Releases on October 5, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Health Care Reform, Defense , Alaska Energy Issues, Natural Resources, Native Economic Development, Budget
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young today shared the following statement on House passage of H.Con. Res. 71, the fiscal year 2018 congressional budget resolution: “This budget is not everything we wanted, but it’s something we have to have in order to get this country back on track,” said Congressman Don Young. “Otherwise, we can’t move forward on tax reform – vitally important to strengthening the economy, healthcare reform, or efforts to address our nation’s spiraling debt. Those t... Read more
Alaska Delegation Welcomes U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Decision on Pacific Walrus
Posted in Press Releases on October 4, 2017 | Preview rr

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that the Pacific walrus will not be designated as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). New data shows that the Pacific walrus has adapted to certain threats, including loss of sea ice, and is not experiencing reductions in population. As a result, USFWS concluded that the pop... Read more
Young’s Native American Energy Act Approved in Committee
Posted in Press Releases on October 4, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Alaska Energy Issues, Native Economic Development
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 210, the Native American Energy Act, legislation sponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young that addresses the federal government’s over-regulation of Indian lands and promotes energy development by Indian tribes and Alaska Native Corporations. The House Committee on Natural Resources considering H.R. 210, the Native American Energy Act. Click here to watch Congressman Don Young speak on behalf of his legislation. “The... Read more
Young Pushes for ANWR Development During Debate on FY18 Budget Resolution
Posted in Press Releases on October 4, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Alaska Energy Issues, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Native Economic Development, Budget
Washington, D.C. – As the U.S. House of Representatives debates the FY2018 congressional budget resolution – H. Con. Res. 71, establishing a budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and outlining budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 – Alaska Congressman Don Young is once again pushing to end the prohibition against oil and gas development in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) – an area specifically set aside by Congress in 1980 for ... Read more
Congressman Young's September Washington Report
Posted in Press Releases on September 28, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Health Care Reform, Defense , Alaska Energy Issues, Tax Reform, Budget, Government Overreach/ Overregulation
Dear Friends, Congressman Don Young Shares a Message with E-newsletter Subscribers (click here to watch). Thank you once again for being part of this important email newsletter – an effort by me and my team to stay in touch, engage with Alaskans from across all corners of our state, and keep you informed on the many issues before Congress. As you may know, we’ve seen a number of important successes for Alaska in the U.S. House this year, including the passage of four Alaska-focused bills. H.J. R... Read more
House Renews Effort to Update and Reauthorize National Fisheries Legislation
Posted in Press Releases on September 26, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Fisheries
Washington, D.C. – Today, Chairman Emeritus Don Young chaired a House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans legislative hearing on four fisheries-related bills, including legislation he’s sponsored to update and reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Alaska Congressman Don Young Chairing a House Subcommittee Panel on Fisheries-related Legislation “As Alaska’s fisheries continue to flourish, there ultimately comes a time when our laws — even those that a... Read more
Young Shares Thoughts on Roadless Rule Decision
Posted in Press Releases on September 25, 2017 | Preview rr
Tags: Alaska Energy Issues
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young shared the following statement on the recent “Roadless Rule” decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia: “The Clinton-era Roadless Rule was nothing more than a last-ditch effort to end the multiple-use mandate of federal forest lands – something that is required by law, but often ignored by the ivory tower elite,” said Congressman Don Young. “Not only did this rule violate the authorities granted to Alaska within ANILCA, it wa... Read more

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