WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) released the following statements after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a revised “Proposed Determination” to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters and watersheds for the discharge of dredged and fill material from the Pebble Deposit area near Bristol Bay, Alaska. The Proposed Determination, if finalized, would […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement in response to reports that Taiwanwill not be included in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) that the Biden Administration is expected to unveil: “I have been encouraging senior Biden Administration officials for months not to leave Taiwan out of the Indo-Pacific Trade Pact,” Senator Sullivan said. “This is a strategic mistake that signals to […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) delivered the following remarks yesterday on the Senate floor regarding the Biden administration’s actions that continue to harm American energy production. Three Examples of the Biden Administration Shutting Down American Energy From the Past Three Weeks: “. . .Let me give you three examples, just in the past few weeks, that […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm yesterday testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to America’s allies is a “good thing.” The secretary was responding to a series of questions from Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) who recounted conversations with senior Japanese officials who told him […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) discussed his newly introduced Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning. The bill democratizes the corporate governance voting process by restoring voting rights from asset managers to their clients—the shareholders. Sullivan also discussed the record-high gas prices and unprecedented inflation as hard-working Americans endure a tenth straight day of record-breaking gasoline […]
WASHINGTON—U.S Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today introduced the Investor Democracy is Expected (INDEX) Act to address problems stemming from the consolidated corporate ownership and voting power within Wall Street’s largest investment advisers and their index funds. With passive investing exploding in popularity over the past two decades, these firms have quietly become the largest owners in almost all […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement today on Alaska gas prices averaging a record-high of $5.00 per gallon. “Today, Americans, especially in my home state of Alaska, are paying the price for Joe Biden’s destructive energy policies,” Sen. Sullivan said. “The sad truth is, the pain Americans experience each time they try to […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden this week signed the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act into law, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and cosponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that will create an industry-led committee to assist in the administration of federal fisheries marketing, research, and development grants. “For the past 50 years, Alaska’s and America’s fishermen have lacked a meaningful seat at […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, issued the following statements after the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced it will “not move forward” with a planned oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The Biden administration claimed—falsely—that industry had no interest in leasing in the basin. At a time when Alaskans and every other American are facing historic […]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Congressman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), ranking member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statements after introducing S.4208, the Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Act of 2022, a bill to enhance the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) […]