WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and John Kennedy (R-La.), along with five of their Senate colleagues, sent a letter today to Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler on behalf of American investors following the recent initial public offering (IPO) by the Chinese vehicle-for-hire company Didi, and subsequent enforcement actions by the Chinese […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate yesterday voted narrowly, 50 to 49, to proceed to consideration of the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with all Senate Democrats voting for the motion. Before the vote, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who voted against the motion, spoke on the Senate […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today introduced a resolution designating July as “American Grown Flower and Foliage Month” and encouraging Americans to buy domestically-grown flowers and foliage. “Innovative and hard-working Alaskans have established a world-class flower industry in our great state thanks in part to Alaska’s moderate weather, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), voted with 22 of his colleagues this week to advance from committee the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would raise the Department of Defense’s (DOD) budget by $25 billion beyond President Joe Biden’s defense budget proposal. Senator […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today announced that Garrett Boyle has been appointed by the secretary of commerce as the Denali Commission federal co-chair. Boyle will replace John Torgerson who has been serving in the role of interim federal co-chair. Garrett Boyle received his bachelor’s degree from […]
WASHINGTON—On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized 85-year-old Chad Resari, of Anchorage, Alaska, the oldest person to ever finish Seward, Alaska’s daunting Mount Marathon race. The race, which dates back to 1915, was called “the toughest 5K on the planet” by Outside magazine. Sen. Sullivan recognized Resari, a long-time physical education teacher in Alaska, as […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to rescind the Biden administration’s invitation for investigators from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to scrutinize the United States’ human rights record. He also called the administration’s intent to rejoin […]
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) reintroduced the Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act, a bipartisan bill to authorize federal funding for county veterans service officers (CVSOs) and veterans service officers (VSOs). Companion legislation has been introduced in the House by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) […]
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and chair of the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation SFRC Subcommittee, and Senate Majority Whip Dick […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) have introduced Bree’s Law, S. 2364. The legislation—named after Breanna (Bree) Moore, a 20-year-old Alaskan who was murdered by her boyfriend in 2014—drives education initiatives to enable youth, parents, and advocates to recognize, prevent, and mitigate teen dating violence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and […]