Press Releases
As Biden Moves to Shut Down NPR-Alaska, Sullivan & Colleagues Warn Biden Not To Renew Oil Sanctions Relief For Venezuela’s Dictatorship
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and six of his Republican colleagues sent a letter to President Biden last week urging the administration not renew oil sanctions relief for Venezuela. The administration must decide whether to re-authorize the sanctions relief by Thursday when the previous authorization expires. The letter was first reported on in a story by Fox News Digital’s Thomas Catenacci. The full letter can be read… Continue Reading
04.16.24
Sullivan Condemns Biden for “Sanctioning Alaska More than Terrorist Regimes” Like Iran
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), last night criticized the Biden administration for appeasing Iran and declining to enforce oil sanctions on the terrorist regime while simultaneously moving to restrict development on more than 10 million acres of land in Alaska. Recent reports indicate the Biden administration is preparing to finalize a rule reversing more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) from dev… Continue Reading
04.11.24
Alaska Congressional Delegation selects Julie Kitka to lead Denali Commission
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced that they have passed along their recommendation for Julie Kitka to serve as the Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair. If approved, Kitka would replace Jocelyn Fenton who started serving in the role of Interim Federal Co-Chair on March 6, 2024. “Alaskans know what Julie Kitka can deliver when she’s taking the lead,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski. “For 33 years, s… Continue Reading
04.11.24
Sullivan: “Put Iranian Spy Ships at the Bottom of the Ocean” to Re-establish Deterrence in the Middle East
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),emphasized the urgent need to re-establish deterrence with regard to Iran and their terrorist proxies in an interview onThe Hugh Hewitt Radio Show this morning. Sen. Sullivan has repeatedly called for a stronger response to Iranian aggression in the Middle East, urging the Biden administration to take action against Iranian spy ships supplying targeting intel against American warships in an ex… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Sullivan & Murkowski Welcome Significant Investments to Make Rural Alaska More Resilient
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the United States Department of Transportation’s announcement of over $50 million in grants for the state of Alaska through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROJECT) program. These grants are part of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, and aim to bolster community resilience efforts, secure funding for at-risk coastal infrastructure, as… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Sullivan Warns Biden’s Defense Cuts Could Put U.S. in Dangerous Territory & Below 3% of GDP
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this morning pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown on the implications of President Joe Biden’s proposal to cut military spending in an increasingly dangerous world. Senator Sullivan noted that the Biden administration’s proposed defense spending cuts would put the United States on a path to spend less than three percent of GDP … Continue Reading
04.03.24
Alaska Delegation Continues to Make the Case Against Proposed NPR-A Rule
Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released a letter they sent to Secretary Deb Haaland last week, urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to withdraw a misguided rule targeting the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In their letter, the delegation called attention to four recent developments that “reinforce why DOI must change its approach and withdraw this unlawful rule”: 1. … Continue Reading
04.02.24
Sullivan, Murkowski Applaud Implementation of Cold Weather Pay for Alaska Air and Space Forces
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) applauded the implementation of cold weather special duty pay for Air and Space Forces service members based in certain locations, including Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, and Clear Space Force Station in Anderson. This announcement, effective April 1, 2024, follows two letters sent by Senators Sullivan … Continue Reading
03.21.24
Alaska Delegation Secures Funding for Commercial Icebreaker
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments from the Coast Guard that the icebreaker will be homeported in Juneau, Alaska to afford the vessel gr… Continue Reading
03.20.24
Sullivan, Ricketts Announce Plans to Introduce CRA Reversing Emission Rules for Biden’s EV Mandate
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), both members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule finalized today, for light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emission standards. “This rule is delusional. This is the Biden administration’s attempt to get rid of the internal-combustion engine without congressional authority. Together, we will be introducing Congress… Continue Reading
03.20.24
Sullivan Successfully Forces SECNAV to Comply with Law, Meet 31-Amphib Minimum in Shipbuilding Plan
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), welcomed a new U.S. Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan this week that finally complies with a provision he secured in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Navy to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious vessels, 10 of which must be assault ships. In April 2023, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro produced a 30-year shipbuilding plan that ignored the FY 2023 NDAA 31 amphibiou… Continue Reading
03.20.24
ICYMI: Sullivan Warns Biden’s LNG Ban ‘Drives U.S. Allies into the Arms of Our Adversaries’
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),warned this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box that the Biden administration’s freeze on new LNG export permits diminishes U.S. national security and drives America’s allies to U.S. adversaries. Sen. Sullivan discussed conversations he had with European and Asian leaders at the Munich Security Conference in February, where allies expressed their grave concerns about the LNG export ban. These conce… Continue Reading
03.18.24
Sullivan To Deliver Message to Podesta, White House at CERAWeek: End LNG Ban Immediately
HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will hand deliver a letter today at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, to President Biden’s Climate Envoy John Podesta urging an “immediate reversal” of the Biden administration’s ban on new LNG exports and warning of the “dire national security and foreign policy implications” as a result of the ban. The letter was also signed by Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Co… Continue Reading
03.15.24
Alaska Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Opposing BLM’s Proposed NPR-A Rule
JUNEAU, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), along with Governor Mike Dunleavy and a host of Alaska leaders and stakeholders, today thanked members of the Alaska Legislature for overwhelmingly passing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution demanding the Biden administration withdraw a proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule that would enact unprecedented restrictions on responsible resource development within … Continue Reading
03.15.24
Sullivan Tells Biden: Threaten to Sink Iranian Spy Ships
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), urged President Biden in a letter on Friday to threaten to sink Iranian spy ships in the Red Sea if the Houthis continue their attack on American service members. The recommendation follows the Senate Armed Service Committee testimony of General Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, who said recent U.S. strikes on Iranian… Continue Reading
03.12.24
Senator Sullivan Statement on President Biden’s Proposed Defense Budget
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), released the following statement in response to President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request: “Since President Biden assumed office, global chaos has spread, with the dictators from Russia, China, and Iran acting with greater impunity. In each of those four years, President Biden has proposed inflation-adjusted cuts to defense… Continue Reading
03.05.24
Sullivan, Murkowski, and Colleagues Urge Service Secretaries to Implement Cold Weather Pay for Service Members
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and North Dakota’s Senate delegation sent two letters urging U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth to begin implementing the cold weather special duty pay for service members based in certain locations, a provision Senator Sullivan and Murkowski added to the Fiscal Year 2023 NDAA aimed at addressing mental hea… Continue Reading
03.03.24
Sullivan on Face the Nation: Global Chaos Has Been Driven by Biden Administration's Weakness
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) warned in an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation”this morning that the Biden administration’s approach to national security is “not serious,” has projected “weakness,” and has resulted in “chaos” around the world. During the interview, Senator Sullivan also advocated strongly in favor of national security legislation currently being debated in Congress, noting that the legislation is principally about rebuilding the nation’s capacity to protect… Continue Reading
02.28.24
Sullivan Shapes Senate FAA Reauthorization with Alaska Priorities
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation Subcommittee, recently secured numerous amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024. The legislation, advanced by the full Senate Commerce Committee, reauthorizes the FAA through 2028 and now proceeds to the Senate floor for consideration. “Aviation is as essential to countless Alaska communities as roads and bridges are to most Lower 48 com… Continue Reading
02.27.24
Sullivan, Murkowski Welcome $125 Million for Rural Energy in Alaska
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) today welcomed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement of up to $125.1 million for five energy development projects in Alaska. DOE awarded the funds under its Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) program, which Murkowski helped author as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-58). “Alaska is an all-of-the-above energy power house,” said Senator Sullivan. “I’ve long advocat… Continue Reading
