Washington, D.C. – Only days after calling upon the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse it’s out of touch regulation that would severely jeopardize the due process rights of Americans nationwide, Alaskan Congressman Don Young today announced the agency has relented. Earlier this month, the EPA issued a final notice in the Federal Register claiming the authority to “garnish non-Federal... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – In an effort to permanently extend a ban on state and local governments from taxing Internet access, today Alaskan Congressman Don Young and the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA). The bill, which permanently extends an Internet access tax moratorium set to expire in November, works to increase Internet growth and opportunit... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today shared his comments following the passage of H.R 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, which provides a clean extension of federal highway, transit and safety programs through May 31, 2015 and directs additional funding for the Highway Trust Fund. The... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Don Young and Senator Lisa Murkowski welcomed an announcement by the Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District that it will modify the comment period for a revised general permit for placer mining activities. The Corps will extend the current comment period for 45 days, and initiate a second comment period in October 2014. The new schedule will ensure that plac... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, the House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young passed H.R. 4923, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2015, legislation to provide funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, various Department of Energy programs, and a number of vital Alaskan projects. The bipartisan bill passed by a vote of 253 to 170. "I was pleased to support th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today successfully defended the Denali Commission from attacks in the House of Representatives that would have effectively ended the program by removing its funding from H.R. 4923, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2015. The attack in question, an amendment offered by Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), failed by a vote of 176 t... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young today passed H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), a bicameral agreement to reauthorize and reform vital workforce development programs across the country, including Job Corps Centers and job training for individuals with disabilities, while also eliminating ineffective programs and unnecessa... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young today shared the following message to commemorate Independence Day: “238 years ago, our Founding Fathers signed a document that would forever change the fate of the free world. These patriots defied the world’s foremost military power, choosing to establish a nation based upon individual liberties and freedom rather than accept absolute tyranny and... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young introduced legislation last week with Congressman Steve Southerland (R-FL) to prevent the future closure of oceans from economic and recreational activity, including resource development and fishing, without the approval of Congress. The introduction of the Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act comes in direct response to President Obama’s... Read more »
Washington, D.C – The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly today honored Alaskan Congressman Don Young for his work to bring two squadrons of OCONUS F-35A fighters to Eielson Air Force Base. In a ceremony that included Borough residents and local media, Mayor Luke Hopkins presented Congressman Young with a resolution thanking him for his amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authoriz... Read more »
