Senator Jeanne Shaheen ... and Lisa Murkowski ... will lead a bipartisan, all-woman congressional delegation to Canada, Greenland, Norway and Iceland to examine U.S. and allied Arctic security, infrastructure and research capabilities.
Will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Arctic to examine U.S. and allied Arctic security, infrastructure, and research capabilities.
Occurrences
Evidence
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced they would lead a bipartisan, all-woman congressional delegation to Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland to examine U.S. and allied Arctic security, infrastructure, and research capabilities.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported that Shaheen and Murkowski led the delegation to Iqaluit, Canada for meetings with Canadian officials, Inuit leaders, and Arctic stakeholders, including briefings on Arctic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced that Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski would lead a bipartisan, all-woman congressional delegation to Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland to examine Arctic security, infrastructure, and research capabilities.
The committee’s readout says Shaheen and Murkowski led the delegation to Iqaluit, met Canadian officials and Inuit leaders, and received briefings on Arctic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Senator Lisa Murkowski "will lead a bipartisan, all-woman congressional delegation to Canada, Greenland, Norway and Iceland to examine U.S. and allied Arctic security, infrastructure and research capabilities."
Shaheen and Murkowski "led a bipartisan, all-women congressional delegation to Iqaluit, Canada" and the delegation "received briefings on the Canadian government's efforts to modernize Arctic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities."
Assessments
Shaheen publicly committed to co-leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Arctic, and an official Senate Foreign Relations Committee readout later confirmed that she and Sen. Murkowski did in fact lead the delegation to Iqaluit, Canada, where they received briefings and held meetings on Arctic infrastructure, emergency response, and related security matters. Because the promise was to lead such a delegation and official evidence shows the trip occurred during her current Senate term, this counts as delivered in the same term.
Shaheen appears to have fulfilled this promise. Official Senate Foreign Relations Committee materials first announced that she and Sen. Lisa Murkowski would lead a bipartisan delegation to Arctic destinations including Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland to examine Arctic security, infrastructure, and research capabilities, and a same-day committee readout confirms the delegation actually occurred and that Shaheen co-led at least the Canada leg with meetings and briefings on Arctic infrastructure and emergency response. Because the promise was to lead such a delegation and evidence shows she did so while in office, this counts as delivered in the same term.
Shaheen promised to lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to the Arctic to examine U.S. and allied Arctic security, infrastructure, and research capabilities. The evidence shows she and Sen. Murkowski announced the bipartisan delegation and then actually led at least the Canada leg, with meetings and briefings on Arctic infrastructure, emergency response, and related security/stakeholder issues. Because the promised oversight activity occurred while Shaheen remained in federal office, this counts as delivered in the same term.