Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), and U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced a resolution condemning China’s construction of artificial land formations on the Spratly Islands and calling for a peaceful and multilateral resolution to the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee, with Senator Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) support, passed out of committee legislation to authorize $612 billion in critical defense spending for the Fiscal Year 2016. […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved several bills, including a group of international fisheries bills championed by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Brian Schatz (D-HI). These include S. 1334, the Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act; S. 1335, the North Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act; and S. 1336, the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, today held a legislative hearing on S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act. This bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Sullivan, will ensure appropriate protection of waters under federal jurisdiction and will […]
House Passes the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which includes Sullivan’s Mann Act Cooperation Amendment WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, which includes Sen. Sullivan’s Mann Act Cooperation amendment. “I’m […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Interior today conditionally approved Shell Oil Company’s revised offshore Alaska Exploration Plan for 2015. “I’m pleased to hear that the Department of Interior conditionally approved Shell’s Revised Chukchi Sea Exploration Plan,” said Sen. Sullivan. “As I said to Department […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after voting in favor of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: “Despite a limited amendment process that prohibited votes on amendments which would have strengthened this legislation, I voted in support of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act,” Senator Sullivan said. “I […]
WASHINGTON, DC – During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today to examine the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) FY2016 budget, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) pressed FWS Director Ashe on the Obama administration’s announcement in January to recommend for Wilderness designation nearly all of the remaining non-Wilderness portions of 19.6 million acre […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after voting in support of the Budget Conference Report, which passed on a vote of 51-48. “Today I was pleased to vote for a budget that will curb out-of-control spending, ensure a strong national defense, protect Social Security, strengthen Medicare, all without […]
Amendment Will Make Overall Bill Stronger, Country More Secure WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke on the Senate floor today about his amendment to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (S.615), which would limit sanctions relief until Iran is determined to no longer be a state sponsor of terrorism. In his speech, Senator Sullivan posed a […]