Murkowski Morning Meeting For Tuesday, June 3, 2014

What DC is Reading

• Politico: Obama Goes Rogue Again, This Time on Guantanamo
• National Public Radio: Frustrated By the Affordable Care Act, One Family Opts Out
• Wall Street Journal: Court Records Reveal Rise in Electronic Surveillance (Paywall)

U.S. Senate Events:

Fisheries Funding, Tsunami Debris Aid for Alaska

Alaskan Impact: Alaska’s fishing industry is a core economic engine for our state, and the fishing fleet needs basic information like stock assessments and tools like electronic monitoring to keep it humming efficiently. At the same time, our shoreline continues to be littered with debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan, and the Arctic region needs to be mapped for future endeavors. Yesterday, Senator Murkowski successfully placed provisions in the 2015 budget to bolster Alaska’s needs; today the Subcommittee passed its budget and moved it to a full Appropriations Committee vote on Thursday.

7:00am AKDT

Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee

Topic: “Fiscal Year 2015 budget”

U.S. House of Representative Events:

The House of Representatives is in a home district work period this week.