WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) helped introduce the Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act with Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02). Their bill would ensure that Native organizations can fully access funding they are entitled to under the Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Program for cultural programming and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report entitled, Federal Fisheries Management: Efforts to Reduce and Monitor Unintentional Catch and Harm Need Better Tracking. The report found that federal efforts to monitor and reduce bycatch in U.S. fisheries are lacking.
“Alaskans and our fishing families know bycatch is a huge problem, but… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, following the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s announcement to add seafood to the list of high-priority sectors for enforcement under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) released the following statement:
“America – and Alaska specifically – produces the cleanest, best quality fish, and we pay our workers a living… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Office of Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced she would be absent from the House Floor for the week of July 8 to do what she has done every summer: put up fish for her family. Following her announcement, a spokesperson for the Representative released the following statement:
“This week, Representative Peltola will be in state putting up fish with… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced $18,851,014 in funding for the FY24 Airport Improvement Program via the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
“People in the lower 48 don’t understand how much Alaskans rely on air transportation – 82% of our communities aren’t on the road system,”… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, issued the following statements condemning the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for selecting the “no action” alternative in its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler). The ROD rejects Ambler, a private haul road that… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) announced $53,998,114 in FY24 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grants awarded via the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Alaska roads and ports.
“Between permafrost, rising seas, and decades of under-investment from the Lower 48, Alaska roads and ports are long overdue for an upgrade,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Mary Peltola (AK-AL), Jared Huffman (San Rafael), James Moylan (Guam-AL) and Ed Case (HI-01) re-introduced Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, legislation to update and reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), the primary law governing federal fisheries management and conservation that has made the U.S. a global leader in sustainable… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, on the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, rolling back reproductive choice protections previously protected under Roe v. Wade, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) released the following statement:
“I was born the same year Roe was decided. Two years ago, the rights I’ve had over my own body for 50… Read more »
Legislation follows other Peltola-led bills to restrict bottom trawling, limit bycatch
WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Fisheries Improvement and Seafood Health (FISH) Act to modernize Alaska fisheries. Currently, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) is the primary federal law governing the management and conservation of both commercial and recreational… Read more »
