Honorable Lisa Murkowski
United States Senator, Alaska, Republican
Senator Murkowski has served in the U.S. Senate since 2002, when she was appointed by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski (R), to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation. She served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002. She chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Interior and Environment Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. She also sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee. The following is from the March 7, 2017, Senate floor debate on H.J. Res. 44, disapproving the Department of the Interior rule relating to Bureau…
