WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) commended the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for updating its mental and behavioral health policies to achieve parity with the policies of the Department of Defense (DoD), a legislative effort Senator Murkowski spearheaded this Congress. In February, Senator Murkowski introduced with Senators Sullivan, Bill Cassidy (R-La.), […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement after hearing the news that Congressman Don Young passed away earlier today: “Like all Alaskans, Julie and I are saddened, shocked, and devastated by the sudden passing of our Congressman Don Young. His spirit—authentic, tenacious, indomitable, a man of the people—epitomized our great state to such […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, released the following statements after the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) released a spending plan for funding received through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Over half of the total funding allocated to the USCG through the IIJA will be used for Alaska projects. “I’ve […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating the land exchange needed to facilitate a life-saving road for the residents of King Cove, Alaska. The Ninth Circuit’s decision reversed and remanded a flawed District Court ruling that set […]
Mr. President, the American people–the world–is watching a really horrendous, barbaric, horrible situation in Ukraine; and we are all praying for the people there, trying to do as much as we can to support them. And this barbarism we are seeing from Vladimir Putin is something I don’t think anyone is ever going to forget. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today welcomed the Senate’s passage of S. 497, the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced to create an industry-led Advisory Committee to assist in the administration of fisheries marketing, research, and development grants. The bill was cosponsored by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Elizabeth […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today applauded an announcement by President Joe Biden that his administration will prohibit the importation of Russian seafood into the United States, in addition to banning goods from severalother signature sectors of Russia’s economy. Sullivan has been working to ban the hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Russian seafood that […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement today after voting against H.R. 2471, the 2,700-page, $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2022. “There’s a lot in this bill that I support and have been strongly advocating for, including items I authored, like the Choose Respect Act and a section to implement the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) have introduced the Preempting Misguided Appeasement and Financing of Destabilizing Regimes Act. The bill would prohibit the importation of Iranian and Venezuelan crude oil, petroleum, petroleum […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, welcomed an announcement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that?the?U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $39 million in Alaska’s infrastructure. This funding is through implementation of?the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which was signed into law last November. “The cultural identity […]