WASHINGTON—On the eve of the G-7 Summit in Japan, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) yesterday introduced the Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act, legislation to promote the financing and development of new energy infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region—with a focus on natural gas—in order to end U.S. allies’ dependance on Russian natural gas […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed allocations of nearly $216 million in fishery disaster funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce. In December, the Secretary of Commerce announced that a number of Alaska’s crab and salmon fisheries met the requirements for disaster determinations […]
WASHINGTON—In honor of National Police Week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on Wednesday reintroduced the Protect Our Heroes Act. The legislation would make it a federal crime to assault or kill a public safety officer and add an enhanced penalty in the event an officer is lured to a location for an ambush attack. Sen. Sullivan […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) sent a letter today to the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler criticizing the SEC for implementing political and burdensome climate disclosure rules that increase costs on the American people and distract the SEC from addressing serious threats to American investors, such as the Chinese Communist Party’s […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement ahead of the First Lady of the United States Jill Biden and Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Deb Haaland’s scheduled visit to Alaska: “While I’m pleased to see Biden administration officials visiting Bethel and our rural communities to promote federal broadband investments authorized […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and eight other senators sent a letter today to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell cautioning the Fed to stop engaging in climate activism far outside of its statutory authority, and to instead return to addressing the pressing issues facing the American people, such as record inflation and the recent […]
WASHINGTON—On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Andrew Chapoton, a soldier with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division based at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), who received the U.S. Army Soldier’s Medal—the highest honor a soldier can receive for an act of heroism in a non-combat situation. In May 2022, Sergeant […]
WASHINGTON—At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined his colleagues in calling out President Biden for creating a border crisis that is rapidly escalating into a catastrophe. The conference occurred hours before the impending expiration of Title 42, an existing authority that allows the President to quickly expel […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement ahead of the impending expiration of Title 42, an existing authority that allows the President to quickly expel individuals illegally crossing America’s borders. “With the expiration of Title 42 authority today, our nation’s southern border crisis is escalating into an unprecedented catastrophe. There have been more […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and 42 other Republican Senators sent the letter below to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). The letter expresses a collective commitment to oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. Dear Leader Schumer, The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House […]