WASHINGTON D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee, today thanked his colleagues on the committee for voting unanimously to advance the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act, legislation to address the impacts and opportunities of increasing shipping and maritime traffic. The bill was introduced by U.S. Senator Lisa […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation today to expand community-based outreach that will help veterans access services to improve their health and wellness and prevent suicides. The number of veteran suicides nationwide continues to rise, and approximately 14 of the 20 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are today celebrating the passage of the Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act, a bipartisan, bicameral effort to help tackle one of the nation’s most pressing health concerns—veteran suicide. The senators’ legislation requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the responsibilities, workload, training, and […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), announced the 18-billionth barrel of oil entered Pump Station 1 of the 800-mile pipeline—more than double what was originally projected. “TAPS is […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Veterans Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act, legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an independent expert study on the deaths of all veterans being treated at the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) recognizing November as National Runaway Prevention Month passed the U.S. Senate this week. The resolution will help raise awareness of the nationwide runaway and homeless youth crisis and educate the public on how to help […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today introduced Joshua Kindred, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee to serve as the U.S. District Court judge for the District of Alaska, in a hearing on pending judicial nominations in the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I first met Josh a decade ago, Mr. Chairman, when I was Alaska’s Attorney […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant announcement that the State of Alaska is set to receive $35,856,000 to support long-term disaster recovery efforts from the November 30, 2018 Cook Inlet Earthquake. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake and nearly […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Recently, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) chaired a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support hearing to discuss the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense (DOD) agency-wide audit with Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist. The hearing focused on the department’s progress from its first-ever audit last year and its importance […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today applauded U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr’s announcement of a new national strategy to address missing and murdered Native Americans. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative will establish coordinators in the offices of eleven U.S. Attorneys tasked with developing protocols for a more coordinated law enforcement response […]