WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant announcement that the State of Alaska is set to receive $35,856,000 to support long-term disaster recovery efforts from the November 30, 2018 Cook Inlet Earthquake. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake and nearly […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) chaired a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support hearing to discuss the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense (DOD) agency-wide audit with Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist. The hearing focused on the department’s progress from its first-ever audit last year and its importance […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today applauded U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr’s announcement of a new national strategy to address missing and murdered Native Americans. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative will establish coordinators in the offices of eleven U.S. Attorneys tasked with developing protocols for a more coordinated law enforcement response […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday recognized Rosemarie Habeich, of Anchorage, Alaska, on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Rosie, as her friends call her, is a registered nurse who, alongside her husband, Eben Hopson, Jr., has fostered more than 50 children from all across the state. During her time living in Utqiagvik, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, today introduced S. 2950, The Veterans Burn Pit Exposure Recognition Act of 2019, legislation which addresses a barrier currently preventing many veterans from getting U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for illnesses and diseases […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an updated Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). A Notice of Availability will appear in the Federal Register tomorrow, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), sent a letter to the leaders of Japan and the Republic of Korea to reaffirm the importance of America’s bilateral alliances with the two countries in light of rising challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. You […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined his colleagues in introducing the reauthorization and modernization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bill would reauthorize and robustly fund VAWA grant programs, prevent and address domestic violence and sexual assault, and support victims. “Women make up roughly half of our state, and the statistics show that more […]
FORT WORTH, TX – Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, alongside military and community leaders from Interior Alaska, toured Lockheed Martin’s F-35 assembly plant and were shown the first F-35As that will eventually be stationed at Eielson Air Force Base beginning in the spring of 2020. During the visit, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of senators, including Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, both (R-Alaska), introduced legislation this week that would safeguard funding for resources designated for the investigation of Olympic and amateur athlete abuse. The Stopping Abuse from Entering Sports, Promoting Oversight, Responsibility and Transparency (SAFESPORT) Act was authored by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and is […]