WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), today celebrated an announcement from Santos and Repsol that first oil has been produced at the Pikka development on Alaska’s North Slope. “The Pikka project, Alaska’s largest oil development in more than 20 years, is over a decade in the making,” said […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and a retired colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, recently announced the United States Marine Corps’ “Campaign–Alaska,” a new strategic initiative to expand the Corps’ operational capabilities in the Arctic. Sen. Sullivan has long advocated for a […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, welcomed the United States Marine Corps’ announcement of “Campaign–Alaska,” a new strategic initiative that will expand the Marine Corps’ presence and training operations in Alaska to strengthen America’s Arctic readiness. The initiative includes two key efforts: […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate and Congressman Nick Begich (R-Alaska) is introducing companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to convey the Geese House Site from the National Park Service to Doyon, Limited. The bill would transfer ownership to Doyon, Limited, to ensure that the culturally significant […]
Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today touted more than $115.4 million in federal funding they helped secure for ports across Alaska. Seven projects that the delegation advocated for were selected through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), which Congress created in 2010 […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), today welcomed an official announcement from the Coast Guard that two additional icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska. The announcement comes after Admiral Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, testified to Sen. Sullivan that the agency was considering homeporting in Alaska […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today joined Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to announce the creation of a new USDA Office of Seafood. The office will expand federal support for America’s fishermen and seafood harvesters, and ensure fishermen, small businesses, and coastal communities have […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) introduced the Blind Americans Return to Work Act, legislation that will modernize the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) system by removing barriers that discourage blind Americans from advancing in the workforce. Specifically, the legislation reforms SSDI by replacing the current “earnings cliff,” where beneficiaries lose […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today celebrated the arrival of four additional KC-135 Stratotankers, culminating a ten-year campaign for greater military refueling capacity in Alaska led by the senator. The aerial refueling assets join the Alaska Air National Guard 168th Wing’s eight existing KC-135s based at […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, have introduced the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2026 to reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (SFRBTF), set to expire on September 30, 2026, through 2031. […]