WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this week joined his colleagues on the Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) in advancing out committee the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (STRA) of 2021, a bill authorizing $303.5 billion from the Highway Trust Fund from Fiscal Year 2022 through 2026, and $3.5 billion for Alaska over five years. STRArepresents a 34 percent increase beyond the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC)—along with SVAC Ranking Member Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and committee members, Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)—yesterday introduced the Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served (GHAPS) Act to address gaps […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief yesterday with the U.S. District Court for Alaska defending the Willow project, a significant energy development within the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A) on Alaska’s North Slope that has been halted by litigation. The Biden administration in January announced it would review the final Record of Decision (ROD) for the Willow Master Development Plan (MDP), […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate today failed to pass, by a vote of 51 to 49, an amendment offered by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to S.1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a bill to commit tens of billions of dollars to bolstering U.S. leadership in emerging technology and innovation. Sullivan’s amendment would have required America’s colleges and universities that […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced today they have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to expand career opportunities throughout the transportation industry. The Promoting Service in Transportation Act would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to deploy public awareness campaigns highlighting job opportunities in the transportation sector to help fill […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today encouraged Alaskans to apply to serve on the twelve-member Board of Directors of the newly-established Marine Debris Foundation, a charitable and nonprofit organization that will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other entities in addressing the global crisis of trash entering the ocean. The foundation was established by […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) participated in a White House ceremony this afternoon as President Joe Biden signed their legislation, H.R. 1318, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA), into law. Their bill, which is strongly supported by Alaskans, provides cruise ships transporting passengers between the State of […]
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1318, theAlaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA). The legislation, led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, provides cruise ships transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska with a temporary fix under the Passenger Vessel Services Act […]
WASHINGTON—On Tuesday at a White House press briefing in response to the recent cyberattacks on the Colonial Pipeline and the resulting gas shortages, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said, “You know, if you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you, clearly.” In a speech on the floor of the Senate yesterday, Senator […]
WASHINGTON—In honor of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on Thursday reintroduced the Protect Our Heroes Act, legislation to make it a federal crime to assault or kill a public safety officer and add a penalty in the event an officer is lured to a location for an ambush […]