{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=201283e8-7e04-4bcb-afb9-33a4e663f163", "Murkowski Urges Detailed Arctic Agenda At State Department", "2013-11-19", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.19.13\n\t\t\t Murkowski Urges Detailed Arctic Agenda At State Department \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator Visits with Secretary of State to Push Arctic Conversation Beyond Talking Points\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 Senator Lisa Murkowski today visited the State Department for a face-to-face meeting with Secretary John Kerry, where she continued her work with international global leaders to pave a path towards an effective Arctic strategy for the United States.\r\nDuring the meeting, Senator Murkowski raised the issue of defining the United States\u2019 action plan in anticipation of the United States assuming the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May 2015, with Murkowski expressing a desire for increased activity by the State Department to be actively engaged in creating a detailed action plan.\u00a0 Secretary Kerry agreed with her that a clear agenda laying out concrete goals with input from all stakeholders would be developed.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u201cAlaskans know the position we\u2019re in at this moment; they read it and hear it every day: \u2018America is an Arctic Nation,\u2019 \u2018the Arctic is an abundant region, full of opportunities\u2019 and \u2018we need to map out an Arctic Future.\u2019 These are all true, broad facts, but the most crucial step is the next one: what next and how do we move forward right now?\u201d said Murkowski. \u201cWe must dig in on the details now about what our next steps are \u2013 because our neighbors in the Arctic Circle have already begun moving forward and we cannot fall further behind.\u201d\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\nSenator Murkowski Discusses America\u2019s Arctic Future with Secretary of State John Kerry \u2013 Photo Credit: Department of State\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=201283e8-7e04-4bcb-afb9-33a4e663f163"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5885252505540848, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}