Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today introduced legislation to authorize a short, one-lane, gravel, non-commercial road for the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska. The road is needed to link King Cove to the all-weather airport in nearby Cold Bay and will provide local residents with reliable access […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate current Veterans Affairs Undersecretary of Health, David Shulkin, to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “As part of his confirmation process in 2015, I invited Dr. Shulkin […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designee to become the next Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Mr. Steven Mnuchin. “This afternoon, I had a productive meeting with Steve Mnuchin, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Treasury Department,” said Senator Sullivan. “We […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designee to become the next Secretary of the Army, Mr. Vincent Viola. “I had a productive meeting today with Mr. Viola. We discussed the continued need for […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designee to become the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. “I have long been impressed with Attorney General Pruitt’s legal analysis and his incisive refutation of the lawless […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designee to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Wilbur Ross. “I had a productive discussion with Wilbur Ross today about the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designee to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense, General James Mattis. “It’s not every day that I get to have another Marine Corps infantry officer […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today introduced legislation that would allow limited oil and natural gas development within the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Alaska Oil and Gas Production Act, S. 49, would allow development of no more than 2,000 surface acres within […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today announced that he has been selected to serve on four U.S. Senate committees for the 115th Congress. Senator Sullivan will serve on the following Senate committees: Armed Services; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Veterans’ Affairs. “I am honored to have the opportunity to […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s refusal today to veto a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements. “The Obama Administration’s relationship with our critical ally Israel is at an historic low since the signing of President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal. The administration’s abstention at […]