WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), last night criticized the Biden administration for appeasing Iran and declining to enforce oil sanctions on the terrorist regime while simultaneously moving to restrict development on more than 10 million acres of land in Alaska. Recent reports indicate the Biden […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced that they have passed along their recommendation for Julie Kitka to serve as the Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair. If approved, Kitka would replace Jocelyn Fenton who started serving in the role of Interim Federal Co-Chair on March […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),emphasized the urgent need to re-establish deterrence with regard to Iran and their terrorist proxies in an interview onThe Hugh Hewitt Radio Show this morning. Sen. Sullivan has repeatedly called for a stronger response to Iranian aggression in the Middle East, urging […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the United States Department of Transportation’s announcement of over $50 million in grants for the state of Alaska through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROJECT) program. These grants are part of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this morning pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown on the implications of President Joe Biden’s proposal to cut military spending in an increasingly dangerous world. Senator Sullivan noted that the […]
Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released a letter they sent to Secretary Deb Haaland last week, urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to withdraw a misguided rule targeting the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In their letter, the delegation called attention to four recent developments […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) applauded the implementation of cold weather special duty pay for Air and Space Forces service members based in certain locations, including Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, and […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Representatives John James (MI-10) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) pledged today to lead efforts to overturn the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized rule for heavy-duty vehicle emission standards. The rule would require 30-40% of all new trucks be electric in just eight years. […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments […]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), both members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule finalized today, for light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emission standards. “This rule is delusional. This is the Biden administration’s attempt to get rid of […]