ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with Alaska Native veterans in Anchorage this morning to discuss Sullivan’s Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. The legislation would allow approximately 2,800 Alaska Natives to apply for their government-promised Native allotments of land that they may have missed due […]
WASILLA, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) latest intercept test – Flight Test Ground-based Interceptor (FTG)-15 – of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile-class (ICBM-class) target. “This test clearly demonstrates to our adversaries that our homeland […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today announced that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will travel to Alaska during the Memorial Day state work period. The trip will be Zinke’s first to the state since his bipartisan confirmation by the Senate in […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke yesterday on the Senate floor in recognition of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance’s 2017 Missile and Base Defenders of the Year: SSgt. Jonathan Rivera-Calderon, SSgt. Stanislav Barilov, Capt. Erik Haugen, TSgt. Mark Lockwood, Sgt. Nathan Williams, Sgt. Travis Hall, Maj. Michael Long, Capt. Anthony Montoya, 1st Lt. Rachel […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Navy’s recent freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea – near Mischief Reef. “I applaud Secretary of Defense Mattis, PACOM Commander Admiral Harris and the men and women […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pressed Chief of Staff of the Army General Mark Milley in a hearing today on the details of the United States’ policy toward North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and the potentially severe consequences of North Korea gaining […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, thanked his colleagues for voting to advance S. 1094, the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, legislation which he cosponsored, out of committee. “Two of my primary goals on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee have been ensuring […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) today introduced the bipartisan Empowering Federal Employment for Veterans Act to make sure federal agencies do everything they can to connect veterans with jobs that fit their skillsets in the federal government. When veterans transition to civilian life, they have […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today on the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget request: “As I have said before, it’s important to remember that Congress holds the power of the purse, and will ultimately fund the federal government. “From my initial review, I see some positive elements […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) joined Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) in introducing the Advancing America’s Missile Defense Act of 2017. The bill – a direct response to continued aggression from North […]