Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today following the announcement on NOAA’s proposal that identifies more than a third of Cook Inlet in Alaska as critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whales:
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young voted this afternoon in favor of H.R. 1834, the Native American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009, which would amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young voted this afternoon in favor of the Republican alternative to H.R. 3691, the Democrat’s “Doc Fix.” The Republican alternative would provide physicians with a 2% Medicare payment rate increase in each of the next four years; would erase the scheduled 21% cut in 2010 and the roughly 5% cuts in 2011, 2012, and 2013; and would avert the scheduled Medicare physician cuts in a fiscally
responsible way by including reforms that would fully offset the cost of the bill. Unlike H.R. 3691, the alternative would not increase the deficit.
Washington, D.C. – According to www.govtrack.us, an independent, nonpartisan website that tracks Congress, Alaskan Congressman Don Young is the most successfulCongressman in the U.S. House of Representatives having brought to the floor the greatest number of bills that were later enacted into law.
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon on the resignation of Drue Pearce as Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project. Pearce was appointed to the position by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2006.
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today after learning that H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care bill, expands the currently broken Medicaid program while abolishing the successful State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP):
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today, following the passage of Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care:
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young (U.S. Army 1955-1957) released the following statement in recognition of our Nation’s veterans.
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today, as the House gets closer and closer to a vote on Speaker Pelosi’s government takeover of health care:
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office reported that the House Republican health care plan will reduce health care premiums by up to 10 percent and lower federal budget deficits by $68 billion over the next ten years. The Republican alternative has been formulated as a 235-page bill to be offered as a substitute floor amendment during consideration of H.R. 3962, Speaker Pelosi’s Government Takeover of Health Care.
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this afternoon in support of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce and their recognition of the need for the Knik Arm Crossing and the Glacier Highway Extension which would connect Kensington Mine to the existing highway system:
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young has signed on to cosponsor H.Res.870 which expresses gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families who participated in the Taxpayer March on Washington on September 12, 2009.
Washington, d.c. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement this morning following news that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be based at Eielson Air Force Base:
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young released the following statement today following the unveiling of the Democrat’s Health Care bill:
The federal government in recent months has taken numerous steps to improve the lives of rural Alaskans, from the infusion of millions of dollars into health and public safety improvements to recognition of the Alaska Territorial Guard, but there are still enormous needs which Congress will be focused on in the coming months, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich told the Alaska Federation of Natives today.
