Murkowski Morning Meeting For Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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U.S. Senate Events

Empowering Alaska Through Energy Infrastructure

Alaskan Impact: As Alaskans watch the state’s budget concerns play out in Juneau, we remain frustrated that we cannot simply sell our natural resources to the nation or global market and support our state’s operations. Alaska has “extraordinary quantities of liquefied natural gas, but what we lack is the infrastructure to get our exports to market,” Senator Murkowski told Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today at an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on DOE’s Quadrennial Energy Review. At a time when Alaskans could benefit from expanded LNG exports, Murkowski pushed for a streamlined process for permitting.

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Senator Murkowski: “We have extraordinary quantities of natural gas in Alaska, but what we lack right now is the infrastructure to move that natural gas to market.”

6:00a.m. AKST

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing

Topic: “The Quadrennial Energy Review.”

Witness:

• Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy

Watch the entire hearing by clicking here.