Alaska fishermen!! My team and I worked to make sure you are eligible for USDA’s new $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief Program! Please start compiling and submitting reliable data on your vessels’ fuel consumption and costs to HarvestFuel@usda.gov as soon as possible. Fishermen are also encouraged to set up a account ahead of the forthcoming application period.
Great to be in Fairbanks celebrating a $16 million Rural Health Transformation Fund award for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital—the largest award in the state and one of the largest in the entire country! This innovative project will strengthen health care, create jobs, and benefit communities across the Interior. A tremendous team effort with enormous promise for Fairbanks and all of Alaska.
Great news yesterday at AFN! The Department of Energy announced nearly $50 million for Tribal energy projects across Alaska—part of the largest-ever round of Tribal energy investments in the history of DOE’s Office of Indian Energy.
The high cost of energy is one of the biggest challenges facing our state, particularly in rural Alaska. These investments will help strengthen energy infrastructure, improve reliability, and bring down costs for Alaska families.
The long-term solution for lower energy costs is producing more Alaska energy, by and for Alaskans, and that’s exactly what these investments will help us achieve.
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Yesterday, the Energy Department announced major investments towards Tribal communities energy infrastructure that will lower energy costs for Americans! 🇺🇸
Yesterday, the Energy Department announced major investments towards Tribal communities energy infrastructure that will lower energy costs for Americans! 🇺🇸
Yesterday, we announced a major win for the Mat-Su Borough and all of Alaska: $249 million to finally complete the long-awaited Port MacKenzie Rail Extension! This investment will unlock new opportunities for resource development, create good-paying jobs, strengthen our supply chains, and bolster America's economic and national security.
I want to thank @SecDuffy for joining us in Palmer for this historic announcement, and I want to commend @RepNickBegich, @lisamurkowski, @GovDunleavy, the @MatSuBorough, the @AKRR, AIDEA, and all the local, state, and federal partners who’ve worked for years to make this project a reality.
Great trip to Homer! I was able to see firsthand the virtuous cycle of shipbuilding happening throughout our great state: more Coast Guard and NOAA vessels mean more shipbuilding and more good-paying jobs for Alaskans. Thank you to Eric Engebretsen, head of Bay Weld, and Representative Sarah Vance for showing me around. Stay tuned, there's a lot more exciting work ahead in Homer!
On October 18, 159 years ago, the territory of Alaska was formally transferred to the United States, and the Russian flag was lowered in Sitka. Since then, our state has proven itself to be vitally important to our country with our abundant resources, unrivaled strategic location and, most importantly, the people, including Alaska Natives who have called this land home for millennia. Happy Alaska Day!!
I always try to greet our Honor Flights when they come to DC to visit the memorials built in their honor or when they come back home to Alaska. As Julie and I were heading to Fairbanks this afternoon, we had a great opportunity to greet our heroes on their arrival back home. Take a look at this parade in Ted Stevens airport. Semper Fi!
Alaska is home to some of the best military service members on the planet. And we need to make sure they have the best equipment and resources to accomplish their missions. That’s why we’re undertaking the largest military buildup in Alaska’s history!
I’m going to keep fighting to bring more military assets to Alaska, to strengthen our national security, create good-paying jobs and provide opportunities for our contractors and small businesses. 💪
Alaskans have a right to produce our own energy and grow our economy. That’s why I put forward the Alaska’s Right to Produce Act 2.0 last week—legislation to protect the gains we’ve made in unlocking the ANWR Coastal Plain and NPR-A from a future lock-up, as was done under President Biden and Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer.
Unfortunately, my Democratic colleagues blocked the legislation, which should indicate what they have in mind for our state if they ever control the Senate again. I will always fight for Alaskans’ ability to realize our state’s full potential for the benefit of our hard-working families and communities.
On Saturday in Whittier, Alaskans gathered to commission the USS Ted Stevens—a state-of-the-art Navy warship fittingly named after our tenacious, late great Senator who served his country in so many different ways. Ted Stevens understood, perhaps better than anyone else, how important Alaska is to America’s security. Many of the major accomplishments we’re delivering today, including the largest military build-up in Alaska’s history, were made possible by the groundwork Senator Stevens laid over the course of decades.
To the men and women serving aboard the USS Ted Stevens: you are now the stewards of his legacy of courage, patriotism, and service. May that legacy live on in every mission you undertake.
Lead with courage. ⚓️🇺🇸
I had a great time meeting with the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition earlier this week and was able to congratulate them on receiving Rural Health Transformation Program funding!
The funding will expand their Malasakit Matters: Filipino Healthy Community Project, to build health knowledge across the Filipino communities of Ketchikan and Prince of Wales.
This is just one of six programs in Ketchikan to receive Rural Health Transformation funding. I’m looking forward to seeing everything they accomplish!
Big news for Wrangell! The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding the City and Borough more than $43 million to support three projects: a deep water port and shipyard, a downtown waterfront expansion and marine infrastructure improvements, and a replacement for the Wrangell water flume.
Together, they'll help establish Wrangell as a modern marine industrial hub serving the Coast Guard and our military, NOAA, and commercial vessels, while attracting local and private investments.
It was great to be with everyone in Wrangell earlier this week for the big announcement. Excited to see work on these projects begin!
It’s been a team effort with Alaskans behind me all the way. The reason we’ve been so relentless on this is because Alaska LNG if by far the most important project for our future.
Alaska LNG is happening thanks to a $50 billion+ investment from South Korea that we announced today at the @WhiteHouse. This project will deliver low-cost energy for Alaskans for generations and create 10,000+ good-paying jobs. A historic day for our state!
