Honorable Lisa Murkowski
Senator, Alaska, Republican
Rep. Murkowski has served as Alaska’s senior senator since 2002 and is the first woman to represent her state in the Senate. She chairs the Indian Affairs Committee and also serves on the following committees: Appropriations; Energy and Natural Resources; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. The following are her remarks delivered on the Senate floor on Sept. 18, 2024, on the 40th anniversary of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984. I talk a lot about the Arctic, coming from the state that makes us an Arctic nation, but I think it is important to recognize that many…
