WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today released the following statement regarding the firing of FBI Director James Comey. “President Trump has the authority to choose the director of the FBI whom he believes will best lead the agency. The timing of the president’s firing of Director Comey raises questions that will need […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has signed on as a co-sponsor of the Veterans Overmedication Prevention Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an independent expert study […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Heather Wilson. “As evidenced by the recent Russian long-range aviation flights, the U.S. Air Force is a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the Wednesday evening intercept of Russian bombers and fighter aircraft by U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighters within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. “The airmen of the U.S. Air Force’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after voting in support of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, which funds the government through September 30, 2017. “While I continue to believe that the process by which we fund the government is fundamentally flawed, the bill we passed today will […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke this week on the Senate floor in recognition of Madison Englund, of Fairbanks, and Jennifer Troutman, of Anchorage, two Alaskan athletes who won medals at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Englund and Troutman were recognized as part of Senator Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan of the Week.” […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today joined President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for the signing ceremony of an Executive Order to implement an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy. The order lifts leasing withdrawals imposed on Alaska’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) announcement today that it will roll back the burdensome and harmful public utility style regulations the Obama administration placed on broadband services. “I applaud Chairman Pai’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today joined a bipartisan group of leaders at the White House for a meeting with the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, chaired by Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ). The commission, created in March 2017, will study ways to combat and treat the opioid crisis, […]
DEADHORSE, AK — The Alaska Congressional Delegation attended the ribbon-cutting yesterday for the launch of Phase 1 of the Quintillion fiber system in Deadhorse, Alaska, slated to be the first intercontinental cable system. “Being connected is everything in the new economy, and it’s inspiring to see how Alaskan companies have invested in the future of […]