WASHINGTON, DC – Defense News recently featured a wide-ranging interview with U.S. Senator Sullivan (R-Alaska) about military strength in the Arctic. The Q&A included questions about the change in the Pentagon’s stance about the Arctic as an area of strategic importance, the military build-up in Alaska, the need for a strategic Arctic port in Alaska, and the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) attended a meeting at the White House today with President Donald Trump, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, and a group of Republican senators to discuss several legislative proposals to grant states and local governments flexibility to use relief funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a hearing last Thursday questioned several senior Department of Defense (DOD) nominees on priorities important to Alaska, including the basing of the KC-46 tanker aircraft, the need for a strategic Arctic port, and legislative efforts to establish a “Ted Stevens Arctic […]
WASHINGTON, DC – On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Kyle Hopkins, a journalist at the Anchorage Daily News and the recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The prize was awarded for the 17-story series, “Lawless,” about the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, with a focus on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Congressmen Don Young (R-Alaska) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) led a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging the administration to take action against large American financial institutions that discriminate against American energy companies and their workers—who are being hit very hard during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)have introduced the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act, legislation that would allow the federal relief funds provided to local governments in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to be used to replace revenue […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined his colleagues today in unanimously advancing two major bipartisan pieces of legislation—S.3591, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (AWIA) andS.3590, the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (DWIA)—out of the committee, which include a new $250 million water infrastructure […]
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), along with 22 of their colleagues, urged the Trump administration to fund behavioral health centers that provide treatment to Americans with mental health and substance use disorders. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, behavioral health services are needed now more than ever while funding is […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Alaska Congressional Delegation welcomed a $20 million purchase of Alaska Pollock by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Section 32 program. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and severely impacted industries throughout our economy, including Alaska’s vibrant seafood sector,” said the Alaska Congressional Delegation. “Food security across […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) spoke with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross this past week about their position that we need to apply tariffs, including 232 national security tariffs, to oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Russia as a result of their anticompetitive behavior. This is […]