Lisa (Lisa) Murkowski (R)
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District: 907.543.1638
Senator
Room 709 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20510-0203

Residence: Anchorage, AK
Elected: 2002    Next Election: 2016
Spouse: Verne Martell   DOB: 5/22/1957
Committee Assignments
RM MemberSenate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
RM MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Co-ChairCongressional Hazards Caucus
ChairmanSenate Oceans Caucus
FC MemberSenate Law Enforcement Caucus
FC MemberSenate Women’s Caucus on Burma
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
FC MemberCongressional Caucus for Women's Issues
MemberSenate Committee on Indian Affairs
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Homeland Security
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs and Related Agencies
Co-ChairCongressional Caucus on Wild Salmon
FC MemberSenate Afterschool Caucus
FC MemberCongressional French Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Nanotechnology Caucus
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on National Parks
MemberSenate Committee on Appropriations
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Defense
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Energy
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Water and Power
FC MemberSenate Cultural Caucus
MemberSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Ex-OfficioSenate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
FC MemberSenate Caucus on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children
FC MemberSenate Diabetes Caucus
FC MemberSenate Impact Aid Coalition
FC MemberSenate Rural Education Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
FC MemberSenate Army Caucus
FC MemberSenate General Aviation Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Coalition on Adoption
FC MemberCongressional Fire Services Caucus
FC MemberSenate National Guard Caucus
FC MemberSenate Rural Health Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Sportsmen's Caucus
FC MemberAir Force Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Internet Caucus

Bio

Senator Lisa Murkowski is the first Alaskan born Senator and only the sixth United States Senator to serve the state. The state’s senior senator, Lisa Murkowski is a third generation Alaskan, born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state- Wrangell, Juneau, Fairbanks and Anchorage. Since joining the Senate in 2002, Senator Murkowski has been a strong advocate for Alaska on the important issues facing the state, including energy, health care, education, military/veterans’ affairs and infrastructure development. Only the 33rd female to serve in the United States Senate since its founding in 1789, Senator Murkowski has assumed leadership roles quickly. She is the senior Republican member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and also serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, where she is the ranking Republican of the Interior and Environment Subcommittee. Senator Murkowski is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – the first Alaskan to serve on that panel – and also is a senior member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

She earned a B.A. in economics from Georgetown University in 1980 and a law degree from Willamette University in 1985. Prior to her appointment to the United States Senate, Senator Murkowski practiced commercial law in Anchorage and served three terms in the Alaska State House of Representatives. She was elected to a full six-year U.S. Senate term in 2004, and was re-elected in 2010 in a historic write-in campaign, the first successful write-in effort to the Senate since 1954.

Senator Murkowski is married to Verne Martell and they have two sons. She enjoys spending time with her family in the Alaska outdoors. Education- High School- Monroe High School, Fairbanks, AK Economics Degree, Georgetown University Juris Doctor, Willamette College of Law