WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) took to the Senate floor, to speak in support of S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, as well as offer his Mann Act Cooperation amendment. Sen. Sullivan’s bipartisan amendment, co-sponsored by Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Lisa […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) used his position on the Armed Services Committee last week to expose the United States’ lack of military plans and action in the Arctic. This announcement comes as the Associated Press reports yesterday that Russia is launching a major training exercise in the Arctic involving 38,000 servicemen, more […]
Hearing Examines Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015 WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife, held his first hearing today, on S. 659, the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015, a bill sponsored by Sen. Sullivan, that would protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today announced that Elaina Spraker will serve as Regional Director of his Kenai Peninsula office. “I am pleased to announce Elaina Spraker as our Kenai Peninsula Regional Director,” Sen. Sullivan said. “Elaina has been active in the Kenai Peninsula community for nearly thirty years, and her wealth of […]
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to seek rapid processing of the pending non-Free Trade Agreement export license application submitted by the Alaska LNG Project LCC in July 2014, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) recently wrote Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and held a follow up meeting in his office to stress the need for the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation welcomed news from the United States Air Force, announcing three public scoping meetings in Interior Alaska to begin the formal process of stationing 48 of the Air Force’s most advanced fighter aircraft, the F-35A, at Eielson Air Force Base. “There may never have been a time when America needed Alaska […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after attending Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful and moving speech to Congress today,” said Sen. Sullivan. “It was everything a speech from a strong leader should be: intelligent, resolved and most importantly, true. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – During an Armed Services Committee hearing today on the Department of Defense’s FY16 budget request, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) was told about Russia’s plans to attempt to militarize and dominate the Arctic. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said that of the six new Russia brigades being activated, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), applauded the Senate Commerce Committee’s passage of legislation he co-sponsored that would permanently exempt Alaska’s fishing vessels, and commercial vessels less than 79 feet in length, from Environmental Protection Agency incidental discharge regulations. S. 373, the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, introduced earlier this month, is widely supported […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today voted against final passage of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that does not include provisions to block President Obama’s executive amnesty plan. “President Obama’s decision in November to unilaterally issue executive amnesty was a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the will of […]