WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, expressed frustration and disappointment at a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision to extend a District Court’s injunction, pending appeal, halting all work on the Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope. The Willow project is a multi-billion dollar development proposed by ConocoPhillips in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), ranking member of SVAC, today sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough urging him to work with Congress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Defense (DOD) […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today voted “not guilty” on the article of impeachment brought against former President Donald Trump by the House of Representatives and issued the following statement: “I cast my vote today to acquit former President Trump on the single article of impeachment as a result of an extensive review of […]
Washington, D.C.— U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, penned a letter to Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, urging him to work with the Alaska Congressional Delegation on COVID-19 travel restrictions in an effort to limit the negative impacts to Alaskan and Canadian constituents. This letter follows a February 4 announcement from […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act to address the national shortage of affordable, quality child care, especially in rural communities. Many families are struggling to find access to available child care, and states are continuing to experience an expansion of “child care deserts” due […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), co-chairs of the Senate Foreign Service Caucus, have introduced a resolution honoring the life, achievements and legacy of George P. Shultz, who diedon Saturday. Shultz served as secretary of state in the Reagan administration, secretary of the treasury and of labor in the Nixon administration, and senior staff economist in the Eisenhower administration. Early […]
S.Res.45 – A resolution celebrating Black History Month Whereas, in 1776, people envisioned the United States as a new nation dedicated to the proposition stated in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the […]
Madam President, as many of us know, our country is mourning the loss of a great man, a man who I believe was one of the greatest of the Greatest Generation. Yesterday, we all received the sad news that George Shultz, Secretary Shultz, died in his home in California yesterday. He was 100 years old. […]
Washington, DC— The Canadian Minister of Transport, the Honorable Omar Alghabra, announced two new Interim Orders which ban pleasure craft in Canadian Arctic waters and cruise vessels in all Canadian waters until February 28, 2022. The effect of these combined bans will prevent Alaska sailings out of Seattle via Canada. Following the announcement, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced the names of 41 young Alaskans he nominated to the U.S. Military Service Academies. Senator Sullivan made his selections with the help of an Academy Review Board, comprised of ten members from across Alaska, many of whom are service academy graduates. The board reviewed applications, interviewed each […]