WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS), announced last week by Secretary of Defense James Mattis. “I applaud Secretary Mattis’ 2018 National Defense Strategy, which I hope will help refocus our military on warfighting and […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) issued the following statement after voting in favor of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to reopen the federal government and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years: “Today, an overwhelming majority in the Senate voted to end the government shutdown and to continue the broader […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Department of the Interior and the King Cove Corp. signed an agreement authorizing a small land exchange needed to construct a short, gravel, life-saving road that will connect King Cove, Alaska to the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today shared the following message with Alaskans on the second day of the federal government shutdown: Senator Sullivan discussing the shutdown of the federal government with Alaskans (click above or here to watch). ###
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after Senate Democrats voted to shut down the federal government: “Tonight, we saw a manufactured crisis officially turn into a government shutdown – something that was absolutely preventable. The bipartisan bill we considered tonight, which funded the government until February 16th, was voted […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), today urged the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to keep in place guidance that has enabled some financial institutions to provide banking services for legitimate cannabis businesses in states that have legalized medical or recreational cannabis. […]
A bipartisan group of Senators, including Alaska Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, today urged the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to keep in place guidance that has enabled some financial institutions to provide banking services for legitimate cannabis businesses in states that have legalized medical or recreational cannabis. In addition to Sullivan and Murkowski, […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commemoration SpeechAs Prepared1/14/2018 Thank you for the distinct honor to celebrate a date that memorializes one of America’s greatest citizens. There are so many to thank. Pastor May, many thanks for inviting me to this very important event. I am very honored to be onstage with so many of Alaska’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) this week spoke on the Senate floor to recognize Jeff Cook, of Fairbanks, for his remarkable achievements in the fight against cancer. Cook, who was named the nation’s top fundraiser in the American Cancer Society’s 2017 Real Men Wear Pink campaign, was recognized as part of Senator Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress considers a relief package for U.S. communities impacted by hurricanes and wildfires, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, along with a bipartisan group of senators representing Washington, Oregon, and California, called on their colleagues to also include disaster funding for coastal communities affected by longstanding and ongoing fisheries disasters. The […]