WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) thanked members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for approving the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (WRDA), which includes several key provisions vital to Alaska’s water and infrastructure future, and encourages the development of a future deep-water Arctic port. Under a provision secured by Senator Sullivan in WRDA […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, are in the line of fire in the Middle East. Some have lost their lives. U.S. fighter and bomber pilots are consistently flying combat sorties, and our special forces are engaged on the front lines in Syria. However, President Obama and others in his Administration have repeatedly […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, applauded the rollout of the Veterans First Act, a bipartisan bill combining several pieces of legislation aimed at increasing accountability of senior executives at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and improving services for our nation’s veterans. Among the provisions included […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) has announced that he has joined a bipartisan group of senators co-sponsoring the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, comprehensive legislation aimed at recalibrating prison sentences for low level non-violent drug offenders, granting federal judges greater discretion at sentencing for these offenders, and ensuring protection of our communities from […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) took to the Senate floor today to highlight yet another quarter of sluggish growth for the American economy. The Commerce Department today announced that the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew by only 0.5 percent during the first quarter of 2016. Under President Obama’s administration, GDP – a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today thanked fellow members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation for approving the Polar Icebreaker Fleet Recapitalization Transparency Act, legislation that seeks to expedite the recapitalization of the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet. Senator Sullivan and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) offered the bill as an […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) congratulated the state of Alaska and ExxonMobil for beginning production at the Point Thomson project on Alaska’s North Slope, Exxon’s first operated project in Alaska. The challenging field, which over the decades had numerous plans for development, contains a quarter of the North Slope’s massive natural […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Alaska Congressional Delegation welcomed the announcement by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) that it is examining the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak as a potential site for missile defense flight testing for regional missile defense systems, such as the Theatre High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system. MDA today released a Notice […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today applauded the Senate’s passage of the Energy Policy Modernization Act, the first major energy policy legislation in nearly a decade. The bill was sponsored by Alaska’s Senator Lisa Murkowski, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “In February, the energy bill hit up against seemingly […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, today welcomed the overwhelming passage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. The legislation contains several key provisions secured by Senator Sullivan that are important to Alaska. One of the essential focuses of the bill is […]