WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and introduced 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 the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and today introduced the Aligning Development and Competition Act of 2024, legislation that aims to reorient U.S. foreign development investments through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to better compete with China. DFC was created by the BUILD Act of 2018 with the dual mandate of advancing global development and […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), released the following statement after three separate anti-Israel pieces of legislation failed to advance in the Senate this evening. The resolutions of disapproval, if passed, would have forced the Department of Defense (DOD) to halt a series of arms and munitions sales to Israel. Senators voted overwhelmingly against discharging […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) formally announced a competition for high school students across Alaska today to help raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl in their community. Students who participate in the competition will gain valuable experience in media and public affairs campaigns – important life experiences that will also serve their communities. More […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), sent a letter with 15 of his Senate colleagues yesterday to SVAC Chairman Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) demanding greater accountability and oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after a stunning multi-billion-dollar budget debacle in recent weeks. Specifically, Sen. Sullivan […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) applauded the advancement of legislation to extend the Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Allotment Program for an additional five years. The program was established by a Sullivan-authored provision that became law in 2019, which enabled several thousand Alaska Native veterans to apply for their congressionally-promised Native land allotments—an opportunity many originally […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), along with 32 of their Senate colleagues, this week introduced the Stand with Israel Act, legislation to cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. Senator Sullivan is a member of […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed legislation yesterday he cosponsored to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Program (SRS) through 2026. Sen. Sullivan is a strong proponent of the program, which many Alaska communities are forced to rely on due to declining timber […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced the Save Our Lone Emergency Services (SOLES) Act and the Comprehensive Reimbursement Initiative Targeting Investment and Care in Rural Locations (CRITICAL) Act to increase Medicare reimbursement for community and rural hospitals in Alaska and Hawaii. Historically, rural and noncontiguous states have faced significant cost disparities […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), announced today that six coastal communities in Alaska will receive more than $104 million in investments this year for critical port and maritime infrastructure. These grants, funded by both annual appropriations and the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]