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Alaska Delegation Hails $37.5 Million Grant for Graphite One Project Will Restore Domestic Production of Critical Mineral for First Time in 30+ Years Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Representative Mary Peltola today welcomed a $37.5 million grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) to Graphite One, Inc. for its project near Nome, Alaska. The award, made… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola issues statement on FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act vote July 14, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.— Today, Representative Peltola issued the following statement regarding the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the House 219-210: “Today I… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola secures wins for Alaska in FAA Reauthorization Bill June 28, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.— On June 14, the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee passed H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, a bill to… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski) Hannah Ray (Sullivan) Ben Dietderich (Peltola) Sam Erickson Ending an Injustice: Delegation Reintroduces Landless Legislation to Right a Half-Century… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2023 Contact: (Murkowski) Hannah Ray (Sullivan) Ben Dietderich (Peltola) Sam Erickson   Alaska Delegation Frustrated by Interior’s Delay of the Ambler Access Project Anchorage,… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rep. Peltola votes for Fiscal Responsibility Act to prevent default and streamline energy permitting   May 31, 2023  Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary  sam.erickson@mail.house.gov  707-980-1078  Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Peltola voted to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bipartisan bill to protect the… Read more »

Delegation Welcomes Over $200 Million in Fishery Disasters Funding for Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed allocations of nearly $216 million in fishery disaster funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce. In December, the Secretary of Commerce announced that a number of Alaska’s crab and… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola applauds NOAA Fisheries’ proposal to revise key National Standards for fisheries management May 18, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Peltola applauded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Fisheries division… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola announces support for discharge petition to raise debt ceiling May 17, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.-- Representative Peltola confirmed today that she will support a discharge petition to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, alongside continued negotiations between the… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Representative Peltola to accompany First Lady Jill Biden to visit Bethel   May 13, 2023 Contact: Sam Erickson Press Secretary sam.erickson@mail.house.gov 707-980-1078 Washington, D.C.--Today, Representative Peltola announced that she will accompany the First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, on a historic trip to Bethel on Wednesday, May 17,… Read more »