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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, this week co-introduced the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 with Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Jon Tester (D-MT), the chairman and ranking member of the committee. The legislation would enhance the post-9/11 G.I. Bill and […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 218, legislation to authorize a land exchange needed to construct a short road between the isolated communities of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska. H.R. 218 was introduced and championed […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today congratulated Joe Balash, the senator’s chief of staff, on his nomination by President Trump to become Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Mineral Management. “While I’m sad to see Joe leave the Senate, his departure is a big gain for Secretary Zinke, the Department […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke yesterday on the Senate floor in recognition of Gene Zerkel, of Anchorage, a legend of Alaska’s aviation industry who sadly passed away last week. Zerkel was recognized as part of Senator Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan of the Week.” The following is the statement submitted to the Congressional Record: TRIBUTE […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, thanked his colleagues for passing S. 822, the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act of 2017, out of committee today. The BUILD Act includes an amendment, co-sponsored by Senator Sullivan, that would protect Alaska Native […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today commended the Trump Administration – including Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma – for working with the State of Alaska to grant a State Innovation Waiver under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), David Perdue (R-GA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Luther Strange (R-AL), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement regarding Majority Leader McConnell’s decision today to cancel the first two weeks of the Senate’s scheduled August state work […]