WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), both members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation this week that pushes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to explore the potential benefits of medicinal cannabis for veterans. The Senators’ VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act directs the VA to begin clinical trials to test the effects […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tom Cotton […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined David Westin on Bloomberg TV’s Balance of Power today to discuss what he wants to hear from President Joe Biden’s upcoming address to a joint session of Congress, the status of negotiations on a large infrastructure package in Congress, and the recent allegations that John Kerry, the former secretary of state […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and several of his Senate colleagues have re-introduced a constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court of the United States to nine justices, and a separate resolution condemning recent Democratic efforts to pack the court. Although the court has had nine justices since 1869, Democratic members of the House and Senate have introduced legislation […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barasso (R-Wyo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) yesterday sent a letter to President Joe Biden detailing their eye-opening congressional delegation (CODEL) trip in March to see firsthand the humanitarian, national security, and public […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today called on John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, to resign if press reports are accurate that the former secretary of state disclosed more than 200 covert attacks by Israel against Iranian interests in Syria. The report comes from an […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined Greta Van Susteren on Full Court Press this weekend to discuss a range of issues, including President Joe Biden’s upcoming address to a joint session of Congress, the Biden administration’s job-killing climate plan, efforts to get the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to finally issue health and safety guidance […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today joined Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing legislation to improve the quality and timeliness of federal permitting and review processes with respect to critical mineral production on federal land. Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Mike Crapo […]
WASHINGTON—General Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), yesterday affirmed the importance of domestic energy production to America’s national security and foreign policy objectives, and said policies that curtail U.S. energy production are “not helpful.” The question was posed by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), who […]
WASHINGTON—On the floor of the U.S. Senate today, and in honor of ongoing Earth Day celebrations, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Beth Trowbridge, of Homer, the executive director of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (CACS). Trowbridge has spent the last 40 years advocating for Alaska’s wilderness and wildlife, cleaning up the oceans and shorelines plagued by marine debris, and educating […]