WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today commended the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Ballistic Missile Defense Operational Test Agency, and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss on the successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, last week joined his colleagues in advancing the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) out of committee. The legislation, which reauthorizes the FAA through 2021, contains several key provisions secured by Senator Sullivan that are important to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Jon Tester (D-MT), members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, recently introduced the Serving Our Rural Veterans Act of 2017, legislation that would authorize a new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pilot program to have medical students conduct their residencies with the VA at tribal healthcare […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke yesterday on the Senate floor in recognition of Solomon “Sol” Atkinson, of Metlakatla, an extraordinary Alaskan who served as one of the first ever U.S. Navy SEALs. Atkinson was recognized as part of Senator Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan of the Week.” The following is the statement submitted to the […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, this week introduced a total of 15 bills to improve the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and ensure that it continues to serve Alaska Native residents, tribes, and corporations. “ANCSA was intended to be a living measure that would change as the needs […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan was joined by Senators David Perdue (R-GA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Luther Strange (R-AL) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), in asking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to cancel the Senate’s scheduled August state work period if meaningful progress has not […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) this week were joined by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon for the inaugural meeting of the Senate Foreign Service Caucus. Other members attending the meeting included Senators Hatch (R-UT), Murphy (D-CT), Risch (R-ID), and Cortez-Masto (D-NV). “Having worked […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee, with U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) support, unanimously passed out of committee legislation to authorize $640 billion in critical defense spending for Fiscal Year 2018. “In an increasingly dangerous world, this year’s NDAA begins the important process of rebuilding our military so that our service members […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously passed out of committee the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a provision authored by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) to authorize the procurement of up to six U.S. Coast Guard polar-class icebreakers. “The United States continues to be late to the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, applauded the unanimous passage of S. 1024, the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017, out of committee today. “One of the most serious failings of the VA system in recent years has been the unconscionable backlog of disability […]