WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and a group of senators and representatives recently sent a letter requesting the immediate repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) May 5, 2023 proposed rule, which sets stringent emission standards for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gasses, a de facto mandate for electric vehicles (EVs). This rule requires that over […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Representatives Dina Titus (D-Nev.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), introduced legislation today to increase direct trade between the United States and Mongolia by providing Mongolian cashmere products with duty-free access to the American market. The Mongolia Third Neighbor Trade Act would grant Mongolia this preferential trading […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today announced the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is awarding $131 million more in bipartisan infrastructure investments to support the Alaska Marine Highway System’s operations and recapitalize portions of the fleet. In January, Senator Murkowski announced $285 million in infrastructure funding to improve the reliability […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), have introduced the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act (HABHRCA) of 2023, legislation to reauthorize the HABHRCA of 1998 and to improve monitoring, forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 46 of his Senate colleagues last week sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo raising questions over the decision announced last month by the Bureau of Industry and Security to pause for 90 days the issuance of export licenses for firearms, ammunition, and certain accessories to most […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) urged strong language in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to address the national security threat posed by sensitive technologies with dual-use applications being acquired by America’s adversaries, particularly the People’s Republic of China (PRC), through American businesses’ outbound investments. Sullivan and Gallagher led […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement of $22.4 million in Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law for Alaska. This funding will support Alaska’s solid waste infrastructure for recycling, trash processing, and solid waste collection. “The bipartisan infrastructure law continues to bring home significant investments that support […]
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday evening, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wisc.) Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act passed the U.S. Senate unanimously. The bipartisan legislation would expand and support Tribal Veterans Service Officers and County Veterans Service Officers (CVSO), the community-based employees who work directly with veterans to inform them of eligibility for […]
WASHINGTON—Late Wednesday night, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the only member of the Senate currently serving in the military, led Republican senators and military veterans, Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in again trying to confirm a number of the 450 […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) have introduced Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023,legislation that would reverse the Biden Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to prohibit oil and gas development on 13 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and reinstate the lawfully awarded leases that the Biden DOI […]