Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after President Trump signed a presidential border-crossing permit for the Alaska-Alberta (A2A) Railway Development Corporation to lay track across the border between Alaska and Canada. The proposed $17-billion freight rail project would run through northwest Canada and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are applauding the passage of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act in the House of Representatives today. The Save Our Seas 2.0 Act was introduced in June 2019 to address the plastic debris crisis threatening coastal economies and harming marine life. The legislation seeks to help reduce the creation […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, chaired a hearing today on the integrity of America’s critical minerals supply chains, one day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) on addressing the threat of U.S. reliance on foreign adversaries for these important minerals and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today released the following message after meeting with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Below is a transcript of Senator Sullivan’s statement: Hello, Alaska. I just came out of a meeting with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, last week introduced new legislation, the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act, in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation is supported by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, also R-Alaska, and would resolve the University of Alaska’s (University) unfulfilled land […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, President Donald Trump published a Tweet announcing a forthcoming permit for the A2A Railway project that would connect Alaska with the Canadian province of Alberta, a story covered in the Anchorage Daily News. President Trump attributed his decision to the advocacy of U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (both R-Alaska). The 1,600-mile-long project […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) today commented on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit determining Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are ineligible for tribal assistance appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The ruling overturns an earlier […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Tongass-specific Roadless Rule. The final EIS includes six alternatives, with a full exemption selected as the preferred alternative. “The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today released the following statement regarding the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. “The historical precedent and principle of an election year nomination to the Supreme Court, dating back to the founding of our republic, is that the Senate has generally confirmed a President’s nominee from its own […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed an announcement yesterday by Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette that the Department of Energy (DOE) will be reestablishing its Arctic Energy Office (AEO) on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). The AEO will drive coordination and collaboration on DOE’s many activities in the Arctic region […]