Accomplishments

Ted Stevens has worked hard for Alaska as its Senator. Learn about the great work he has done in your region, in your local area, and right in your city or village by selecting a category below. You can also sort by issue.

Descriptions	Regions	Subregion	Cities/Villages	Issues
Amended federal law to permit Universal Service Fund to be used to continue to support improved communications services in rural Alaska	All Alaska			Communications Technology
Asked Corps of Engineers to investigate possible improvements in Skagway Harbor.	Greater Southeast		Skagway	Tourism
Assistance with construction of recreational facility by Municipality of Anchorage.	Greater Southcentral	Anchorage Area	Anchorage	Children
Assisted in funding UAF program to evaluate health care delivery in Alaska.	All Alaska			Health
Assisted in obtaining design work for new airport terminal.	Greater Southeast		Sitka	Aviation Transportation
Assisted with improvements for Valdez Senior Center.	Greater Southcentral	Prince William Sound	Valdez	Social Services
Authored amendment to allow Social Security and Veteran pension Recipients to obtain benefits of economic stimulus package and prevent those benefit from going to undocumented immigrants who do not pay taxes.	All Alaska			Immigration Seniors Social Security Veterans
Authored legislation to transfer the USCG Storis to a museum in Juneau	Greater Southeast		Juneau	Cultural Education
Championed change in law to make "Do Not Call List" permanent	All Alaska			Consumer Protection
Cleanup and removal of waste on St. Paul and St. George Islands	Greater Western Alaska		St. George St. Paul	Environment
Co-sponsored landmark legislation to provide paid family and medical leave.	All Alaska			Families
Co-sponsored legislation to allow for the acknowledgment of God on certificates for flags flown over the US Capitol	All Alaska			Families Religious Freedom
Co-sponsored the Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 which would establish a cap and trade program to reduce carbon emissions and provide for federal assistance to communities affected by climate change	All Alaska			Climate Change Environment
Continued funding of marine debris removal program.	Coastal			Environment
Continued funding of program to eliminate honey buckets in rural Alaska.	All Alaska			Health Public Health Water and Sewer
Continued support for Galena distance education program.	Interior Alaska		Galena	Education
Continued support for UAA program to train Alaska native nurses.	All Alaska			Education Health
Continued support of Alaska based residency program to train new doctors in Alaska.	All Alaska			Education
Continued support of Ernie Turner Center programs to reduce alcohol and drug abuse.	Greater Southcentral	Anchorage Area	Anchorage	Health
Continued support of extended day kindergarten programs.	All Alaska			Education
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