Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), released the following statement in honor of Orange Shirt Day, a day of reflection and remembrance to honor the Indigenous children who were taken from their families and placed in residential boarding schools across North America—many who never returned home.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a moderate Republican, raised questions on Monday about the independence of the Justice Department, pointing to the “political pressure from the White House” that preceded former FBI Director James Comey’s indictment.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who earlier in September voted against the funding resolution, said she planned to switch her vote to avoid a shutdown that she fears will result in widespread layoffs of Alaska’s large federal workforce, among other problems that include canceled payments to contractors.

By letting funding lapse, Congress is giving President Trump free rein, Sen. Murkowski says. Both Alaska senators voted for a stop-gap spending bill but the measure failed.

Alaska’s three members of Congress differed on a series of votes Friday intended to keep the federal government funded past the end of the month, and avert a government shutdown. Alaska’s sole U.S. House Rep.

Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of two Senate Republicans to vote against a GOP-backed funding resolution.

Sen. Murkowski sees Brendan Carr's threat as part of a pattern in the Trump administration. "This is more than concerning," she says.

The Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted almost in unison to defeat a House-passed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, putting Washington on the brink of a government shutdown that could last for days or even weeks.