{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=e53dbb8f-457c-4be6-8237-a5028293cfec", "Murkowski Doubles Fishery Failure Relief Support on Capitol Hill", "2013-11-13", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.13.13\n\t\t\t Murkowski Doubles Fishery Failure Relief Support on Capitol Hill \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 Attracts Twenty Two New Congressional Lawmakers to her Original \u201cCoastal Coalition\u201d of Sixteen Senators\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In her continuing efforts to secure federal relief funds for Alaskan communities along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers \u2013 as well as Cook Inlet \u2013 damaged by low salmon runs in 2012, Senator Lisa Murkowski today more than doubled the number of lawmakers on both sides of Capitol Hill advocating for resources for fisheries that have experienced their own \u201cfish droughts\u201d over the past two years.\r\nMurkowski already established strong bipartisan backing from 15 of her Senate colleagues earlier this year.\u00a0 Her continued efforts to boost the visibility of the issue can be seen in today\u2019s letter to Congressional leadership from lawmakers concerned about fishery failure funds.\u00a0 Beyond the original sixteen legislators, today\u2019s letter includes three more Senate colleagues from the East Coast \u2013 Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) \u2013 as well as nineteen members of the House of Representatives, bringing the total to 38 signatories.\r\nIn the letter (below), Murkowski and the co-signatories write:\r\nFor the communities they affect, fisheries disasters are as devastating as other federally-declared disasters. \u00a0Therefore, we request your assistance in ensuring that the $150 million fisheries disaster mitigation fund included in the Senate-version of the CJS appropriations bill is included in any final FY 2014 funding package.\u00a0 These funds could be used in a variety of ways to provide fishermen vital help including support for emergency financial assistance, operational costs where necessary, economic development programs and science to manage the fishery in a timely way that gives confidence to all stakeholders.\r\nMurkowski\u2019s Fisheries Disaster Funding Efforts\r\nToday\u2019s development marks just the latest effort of Senator Murkowski to deliver resources and results to Alaska\u2019s fishing communities reeling from 2012\u2019s anemic salmon run \u2013 along with other national fisheries that have faced similar setbacks since then. Up to this point, Murkowski\u2019s fight for fishery failure relief has included:\r\n\r\n###\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=e53dbb8f-457c-4be6-8237-a5028293cfec"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0508520063012838, "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"}