| Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act—Resumed |
March 29, 2012 |
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Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
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"Over the past few years, the Governor has led the charge in organizing rallies in the State of Alaska during the last week of March. This morning in our State there will be 120 different rallies going on in communities such as Anchorage and Fairbanks, our larger communities, but also in smaller villages such as Kooskia and Tanana, communities where the numbers are small but the passions on the issues I think are very strong and robust. The Governor has commissioners in Barrow, in Tanana, in Cordova, in Nome, and in Galena, all leading the march to stand up and speak out about domestic violence. I wish to acknowledge what the Governor has done in his effort to spotlight this and to work to reduce the rates of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse through this “Choose Respect” initiative. We have great Alaskans standing together and, again, a real commitment to make a difference."
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| Energy Prices |
February 27, 2012 |
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Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
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"Go up to Nome. All eyes of the Nation were on Nome several weeks back when the Coast Guard cutter was escorting the Russian fuel tanker, the Renda, to get to Nome to provide fuel for the community of Nome and the surrounding villages because the winter ice had come in and the winter barge had not been able to make it in with the fuel."
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| Weather In Alaska |
January 26, 2012 |
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Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
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"The community of Nome has been in the news for months now as they have felt the brunt of some early winter storms, storms that have forced them as a community in the northwest region of the State to feel the pinch of Mother Nature in a very extreme way. Nome is a community of about 3,500 residents. It sits up on the west coast of Alaska. Most people in this country recall Nome from the early days of the Gold Rush. But more recently, Nome comes into the national news every March when the famous Iditarod dog sled race is run which finishes in Nome. It is a 1,100-mile race where man and animal are pitched against Mother Nature in a pretty intense way."
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| Nome Refueling Situation |
January 26, 2012 |
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Mark Begich, D-AK
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"Alaska’s history is marked by stories of people coming together to overcome extreme hardships and save their communities. None is more memorable than the 1925 Serum Run, when diphtheria ravaged the remote Arctic community of Nome. The needed vaccine was raced to the community by a team of 20 mushers and some 150 sled dogs. They faced brutal February weather and extreme cold, with winds and snowdrifts, and carried their precious cargo—the vaccine—some 700 miles in just 5\1/2\ days. It is a speed record that has never since been broken, and it saved the community. The feat is memorialized by the 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog race known as the last great race on Earth."
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| 40Th Anniversary Of The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act |
December 15, 2011 |
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Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
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"In 1932, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM Studios, sent a film crew from Hollywood to Nome. My mother was born in Nome in 1932. Nome was a pretty interesting community back there, still very rough around the edges, but they sent a film crew to Nome to begin shooting the film that would thrust Mala into stardom. MGM struck gold with the film “Eskimo,” a film also called “Mala the Magnificent,” the first full-length feature film ever shot in Alaska. Mala became Alaska’s first Hollywood film star and also the first nonwhite actor cast in a leading role. Over the span of his career, Mala would appear in over 25 films, all the while winning devoted fans across generations, across cultures—they loved him. His widely acclaimed role in “Eskimo” would earn Mala his place in Hollywood history."
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