Murkowski Morning Meeting for Tuesday, June 5, 2012

U.S. Senate Events

Alaska’s Veterans – Their Next Fight? Bureaucracy

Alaskan Impact: Within 5 years, Alaska’s military and the million service members nationwide will return to a competitive job market. Senator Murkowski’s Hiring Heroes Act passed last fall to provide job training and assistance for vets, but bureaucratic problems remain. Today, the Senate Homeland Security Committee examined how best to effectively place veterans in the job market.

6:30am AKDT
Senate Homeland Security Contracting Oversight Subcommittee Hearing
Topic: “Veterans Employment and Government Contractors”
Testimony from:

• Ted Daywalt, President and CEO of VetJobs
• Spencer Kympton, COO of The Mission Continues
• Ramsey Sulayman, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Mr. Daywalt: Vets don’t want to just be ‘in the computer system,’ they want a damn job.

Watch the entire hearing online: http://bit.ly/M1lSkT

Off the Hill Events

Alaska Can Lead on Abundant, Diverse Energy

Alaskan Impact: Sen. Lisa Murkowski today laid out her philosophy on energy policy in a speech at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Murkowski’s message on energy policy today: energy should be as abundant, affordable, clean, diverse, and secure as possible.

5:00am AKDT
The George Washington University Energy Forum
Topic: “U.S. Energy Policy”
Participants:

• Senator Lisa Murkowski
• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
• former Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah

(Senator Murkowski addresses Energy Forum)