Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska)—the three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation—today released the following statement after meeting with President Joe Biden and top members of his team to urge the reapproval of Alaska’s Willow Project. “We met with the President and his senior […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) participated in an event outside the U.S. Capitol calling on the Biden administration to re-approve the Willow Project on Alaska’s North Slope. The delegation was joined by Alaska State Representative Josiah Patkotak (I-Utqia?vik); Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today thanked members of the Alaska House and the Alaska Senate for passing a unanimous resolution supporting the pending Willow Project on Alaska’s North Slope, and urging the White House to approve the economically-viable “Alternative E” project scope recommended by career Department of the Interior (DOI) […]
WASHINGTON—In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) last week, several defense policy experts testified to the importance of domestic energy production as a critical strategic advantage for the United States relative to America’s main adversaries, China and Russia. The witnesses were responding to questions posed by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a […]
WASHINGTON—On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized R.C. Roberts, a World War II veteran with an extraordinary story of service. Roberts, who now lives in Anchorage, Alaska, landed on Omaha Beach in 1944 as part of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. Despite the discrimination he faced, having to serve in a racially-segregated unit […]
WASHINGTON—In a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) questioned why Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and her department are expressing concerns about the potential greenhouse gas emissions of Alaska’s pending Willow oil project, while showing no apparent concern about her home state of New Mexico increasing oil production exponentially in recent […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement after the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) reported that Alaska-based U.S. military forces detected and intercepted a Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber and other fighter jets in Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone for the second time this week: “In the past […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), to nationally recognize February 16, 2023 as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day,” honoring the historic Alaska civil rights leader who played an instrumental role in the Alaska Territorial Legislature passing the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945—decades before the signing of the […]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) announced that Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) will serve as the vice chair of the Senate Western Caucus in the 118thCongress. “Senator Sullivan knows the west and issues unique to the states we represent, which is why I am honored to have him join me in leading […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in an interview this morning with Brian Kilmeade on “Fox & Friends,” called for greater transparency for the American people from President Joe Biden and senior Biden administration officials regarding the nature of the multiple unidentified aerial objects shot down over […]