119th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 6, 2025 – This week, Congressman Nick Begich (AK-R) introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS) through 2030, ensuring continued investment in public safety and scientific monitoring of volcanic threats across the United States.
Project Title: Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Disaster Mitigation -- Flood Resilience on the Mendenhall River
Requestor: City and Borough of Juneau
Address: 155 Heritage Way Juneau, Alaska 99801
Amount Requested: $3,745,500
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 30, 2025 – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, applauded the release of the Committee’s budget reconciliation proposal, which strengthens America’s aviation infrastructure and bolsters the United States Coast Guard’s critical missions, while reducing wasteful spending to achieve a net reduction of over $10 billion to the national deficit.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 28, 2025 – Congressman Nick Begich (R- AK) is proud to co-lead the Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act, alongside Congressman Abraham Hamadeh (AZ-08). This legislation is an important step to protect the integrity of America's elections by prohibiting the use of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in federal elections.
WASHINGTON—April 13, 2025 - In his first 100 days in office, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) has delivered for Alaska and brought innovative thinking and leadership to the halls of Congress. With legislative achievements, strategic committee roles, and extensive travel across the state, Congressman Begich is not wasting a moment in serving the people of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 10, 2025 – Today, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) released the following statement after the House passed the Senate Amendment to the budget resolution:
“Today’s House passage of the Senate budget resolution is a clear example of Congress’ commitment to deliver on President Trump’s bold economic agenda for the American people, and it couldn’t come at a more important time for Alaska.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today welcomed a $25 million investment in Alaska aviation safety by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of the FAA’s Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative (DYAASI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 7, 2025 – Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL) and Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) introduced the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act, bipartisan legislation to enhance federal research into the underlying causes of youth suicide.
Congressman Nick Begich Co-Sponsors Legislation to Establish a Secretary of the United States Coast Guard