Posted: January 5th, 2010 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009, 2009
Washington D.C. — U.S. Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski today announced that two high school students — Haley Nelson of Juneau and Anum Qadir of Anchorage — have been selected as delegates to the 48th Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) to be held March 6-13, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
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Posted: December 29th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today issued the following statement after news from the White House that Larry Persily has been named Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project Federal Coordinator. Begich recommended Persily to the Obama administration for this post:
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Posted: December 13th, 2009 | Author: Alaska Political News Wire | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said today that she was contacted by an Anchorage family practice doctor earlier this week who is opting out of treating Medicare patients, citing the Democrats’ health care bill under consideration in the Senate. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, made the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech on his plan for Afghanistan:
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Posted: December 1st, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today urged President Obama to promptly extend flexible spending accounts for military families so they can help pay out-of-pocket child care and health care expenses.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined by a bipartisan group of fellow senators, today called on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) to hold a hearing on controversial new breast screening recommendations made by a federal task
force.
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Posted: November 23rd, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement regarding her vote against beginning debate on the Democrat health care bill:
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Posted: November 23rd, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced today that the United States Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to resume a program in Alaska that would allow volunteers to respond to Dear Santa letters from children across the country.
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Posted: November 20th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that the Senate has approved legislation that would provide monthly stipends to family members who care for seriously injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflict in their home.
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today made the following comments regarding the health care bill unveiled this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today took action on several fronts to ensure that Alaska Native Corporations continue to be treated fairly under the Native American 8(a) program.
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Posted: November 19th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee today approved comprehensive food safety legislation that includes provisions by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pertaining to seafood safety and food shipments to rural and frontier areas, including the Alaskan Bush.
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Posted: November 18th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Defense Department would spend nearly $336 million in military construction on Alaska’s Army and Air Force installations in Fiscal Year 2010 under a $133.9 billion Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill approved today by the Senate, according to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation now goes to a joint House-Senate conference committee to reconcile differences in each chamber’s version of the bill.
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Posted: November 17th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said today that a large portion of Alaskans would see their health insurance premiums increase by as much as 161 percent under a Senate Finance Committee proposal that Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada could use to help craft a new massive health care overhaul measure.
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Posted: November 16th, 2009 | Author: KSDP Public Affairs | Filed under: 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite opposition from the Obama administration to restoring retirement benefits for Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) members, President Obama today signed into law a wide-ranging defense bill that resumes payment of the retirement benefits, announced U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.
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