Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the United States Department of Transportation’s announcement of over $50 million in grants for the state of Alaska through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROJECT) program. These grants are part of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this morning pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown on the implications of President Joe Biden’s proposal to cut military spending in an increasingly dangerous world. Senator Sullivan noted that the […]
Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released a letter they sent to Secretary Deb Haaland last week, urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to withdraw a misguided rule targeting the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In their letter, the delegation called attention to four recent developments […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) applauded the implementation of cold weather special duty pay for Air and Space Forces service members based in certain locations, including Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, and […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Representatives John James (MI-10) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) pledged today to lead efforts to overturn the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized rule for heavy-duty vehicle emission standards. The rule would require 30-40% of all new trucks be electric in just eight years. […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments […]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), both members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule finalized today, for light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emission standards. “This rule is delusional. This is the Biden administration’s attempt to get rid of […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), welcomed a new U.S. Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan this week that finally complies with a provision he secured in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Navy to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious vessels, 10 of which must be […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),warned this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box that the Biden administration’s freeze on new LNG export permits diminishes U.S. national security and drives America’s allies to U.S. adversaries. Sen. Sullivan discussed conversations he had with European and Asian leaders at […]
HOUSTON, TEXAS – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will hand deliver a letter today at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, to President Biden’s Climate Envoy John Podesta urging an “immediate reversal” of the Biden administration’s ban on new LNG exports and warning of the “dire national security and […]