WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), introduced a resolution with his Senate colleagues recognizing the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on February 19, 1945, and lasted until March 26, 1945. “Eighty years ago, the brave […]
Anchorage, AK – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-AK) are honored to recognize February 16th as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day” through a Senate resolution. The national recognition celebrates the historic Alaska civil rights leader who played an integral role in the Alaska Territorial Legislature’s passage the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945—decades before the signing of […]
WASHINGTON—Several Arctic policy experts at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) testified strongly this week in support of increasing infrastructure investments in Alaska, which constitutes the entirety of America’s Arctic. While the hearing was focused on Greenland’s geostrategic importance to the United States, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), introduced the Save Our Lone Emergency Services (SOLES) Act and the Ensuring Outpatient Quality for Rural States Act this week to increase Medicare reimbursement for rural hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii. Historically, rural and noncontiguous states have faced significant cost disparities […]
WASHINGTON—In response to questions posed yesterday by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), General Gregory Guillot, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), endorsed the idea of reopening the long-shuttered Adak Naval Air Station and increasing military infrastructure investments across […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), introduced a package of three bills focused on promoting stability and security in the Middle East: the Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act, the United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025, and the Stop the ICC. These bills work to strengthen the U.S.-Israel military alliance, bolster the U.S. sanctions […]
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, led a press conference with Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Nick Begich (both R-Alaska), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, and National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy for Alaska media regarding their shared focus on enhancing aviation safety in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reintroduced the Informing a Nation with Free, Open, and Reliable Media (INFORM) Act to improve access to independent information and advance freedom of expression for citizens in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This legislation strengthens efforts at […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-Alaska) today applauded President Trump’s leadership for highlighting the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project in his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba today at the White House and announcing a “joint venture” on Alaska oil and gas between the United States and Japan. In […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 27 of his Senate colleagues sent a letter this week to the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act to provide full Social Security benefits for millions of public servants impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and […]