Press Releases

08.07.17

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate last week unanimously passed the Save Our Seas (SOS) Act, legislation introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) to address the global marine debris crisis. The bill would boost the federal government’s domestic and international response to ocean waste, and allow the NOAA Administrator […]

08.04.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, spoke yesterday at the national Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) headquarters to celebrate the Senate’s unanimous passage of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, legislation co-sponsored by Sullivan, alongside Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA), that would […]

08.04.17

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation, co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-AK), that gives terminally ill patients an alternative route to treatment, providing such patients options to access investigational agents not yet approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The Trickett Wendler Right to Try […]

08.02.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) today applauded Senate passage of S. 717, the Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act, to help combat domestic abuse and sexual violence. Senators Shaheen (D-NH), Murkowski (R-AK), Capito (R-WV), Cornyn (R-TX) and Daines (R-MT) also were original co-sponsors of the […]

08.01.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, & Coast Guard regarding the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Among the witnesses was Chris Oliver, an Alaskan testifying for the first time before the subcommittee […]

07.28.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the Pentagon confirmed today that North Korea has conducted yet another ballistic missile test.  “Today’s North Korean test shows that Kim Jong-un will not stop until he has an ICBM that can strike American […]

07.28.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement tonight after voting for H.R. 1628, the Health Care Freedom Act: “Three years ago, as I crisscrossed the state, I heard story after story of families and small businesses who were experiencing fewer healthcare choices and paying skyrocketing costs for health insurance,” Senator Sullivan […]

07.27.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on Tuesday chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard regarding the global marine debris crisis affecting many coastal communities and ecosystems, including in Alaska. Among the witnesses testifying at the hearing were David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]

07.27.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after voting in support of H.R. 3364, the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 98-2. “With passage of this legislation, the United States Congress today […]

07.25.17

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after voting to proceed to consideration of healthcare reform legislation. “I’m heartened that my colleagues in the Senate kept their promises to their constituents to begin the process to repeal and repair the Affordable Care Act. Now, the Senate will start an […]