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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Buffalo Populations on Tribal Lands

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Restore Buffalo Populations on Tribal Lands November 28, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C. – Last week, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), alongside Reps. Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) in...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Representative Peltola to host telephone town hall on Albertson-Kroger merger this Tuesday, Nov. 28

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Representative Peltola to host telephone town hall on Albertson-Kroger merger this Tuesday, Nov. 28 11/27/2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C. — Tomorrow at 5pm Alaska time, Representative Peltola will host a telephone town hall with Alaskans to discuss the proposed merger between Albertson and Kroger grocers, ...

Members of Congress Launch Bipartisan American Seafood Caucus

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sam Erickson Email: sam.erickson@mail.house.gov Members of Congress Launch Bipartisan American Seafood Caucus WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rob Wittman (R-VA), and Mary Peltola (D-AK) have launched the bipartisan American Seafood Caucus to provide a forum for seafood policy champions to find common ground and ensure ...

Alaska Delegation Seeks Comment Deadline Extension for Coastal Plain SEIS

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Alaska Delegation Seeks Comment Deadline Extension for Coastal Plain SEIS Requests 180-Day Extension Based on Interior’s Compounding Failures on Substance, Process, and Consultation Washington, DC – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation yesterday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Mary Peltola Urges Immediate Action Following NOAA Fisheries Report on Killer Whale Bycatch

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola Urges Immediate Action Following NOAA Fisheries Report on Killer Whale Bycatch 10/26/2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola shared a letter to NOAA Administrator Janet Coit expressing deep concern over the recent NOAA Fisheries report revealin...

Alaska Delegation Seeks 80-Day Extension of Comment Period for BLM’s Proposed NPR-A Rule

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Alaska Delegation Seeks 80-Day Extension of Comment Period for BLM’s Proposed NPR-A Rule Alaska’s Congressional Delegation today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) requesting an 80-day extension to the current comment deadline for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed rule to impose sweeping restrictions across 13.1 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-A...

Alaska Delegation Welcomes $206 Million DOE Grant Strengthening Alaska’s Electrical Grid Resilience

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Joe Plesha(Murkowski) October 18, 2023 Ben Dietderich(Sullivan) Sam Erickson(Peltola) Alaska Delegation Welcomes $206 Million DOE Grant Strengthening Alaska’s Electrical Grid Resilience Grant Funds Anchorage-Kenai Subsea Cable, Battery Storage Throughout Railbelt WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler...

Delegation Reacts to DOI’s Months-Late Draft Analysis for the Ambler Access Project

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Delegation Reacts to DOI’s Months-Late Draft Analysis for the Ambler Access Project Anchorage, AK— U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released the following statements after the U.S. Department of t...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola announces plans to return to D.C.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola announces plans to return to D.C. 10/6/2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.— Today, Representative Peltola announced her plans to return to the nation’s capital. The Representative has been spending time with family following the passing of her husband, Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola on Se...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola advocates for changes to National Standards for NOAA fisheries management

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola advocates for changes to National Standards for NOAA fisheries management 9/21/2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C. – On September 12th, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) completed the public comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking to update th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola speaks at 9/11 Memorial Service with President Biden

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September , 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola speaks at 9/11 Memorial Service with President Biden Anchorage, Alaska — Today, Representative Peltola joined President Biden at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to deliver remarks commemorating the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 ...

Delegation, Alaska Leaders: Biden Administration puts American Energy Security at risk, harms the state and Alaska Native Communities

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Delegation, Alaska Leaders: Biden Administration puts American Energy Security at risk, harms the state and Alaska Native Communities Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and North Slope and other Alas...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sullivan, Murkowski, Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force and Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)SamErickson Sullivan, Murkowski, Peltola Congratulate Appointees to New Salmon Research Task Force and Yukon-Kuskokwim-Focused Working Group Alaska delegation welcomes work to study increased variability in salmon returns ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Al...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola urges Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to block proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola urges Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to block proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger August 29, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Communications Director sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Anchorage, Alaska — Today, Representative Peltola announced she had authored a letter to the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan, requesting t...

Alaska to receive $100 million in additional funding for rural broadband projects

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski)Joe Plesha (Sullivan)Ben Dietderich (Peltola)Sam Erickson Alaska to receive $100 million in additional funding for rural broadband projects Anchorage, AK—Today, Representative Peltola was joined by Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinat...