WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced she would be withdrawing a land exchange between the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation. The land exchange, which is currently under review by theNinth Circuit, would allow the construction of a gravel road providing residents of King Cove access […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today welcomed an agreement between the leaders of AUKUS—the trilateral security pact between the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom—to provide Australia with three American Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, and to deploy U.S. and British submarines in rotations through Western Australia in the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today welcomed the Biden administration’s decision to reapprove ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA). After litigation, a court remand, years of supplemental environmental analysis, and a united statewide push in strong support, the administration’s final Record of Decision reapproves an economically viable three-pad project. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Representative Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) reintroduced The RED (Regulations Endanger Democracy) Tape Act this week. The legislation would help rein in the administrative state and grow our country’s economy by freezing the growing number of federal regulations promulgated each year. If the legislation is enacted, a federal agency would be required to remove a regulation from the Code […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington this week supporting Southeast Alaska troll fishermen in a case that threatens to shut down their small boat troll fishery on the pretense that their salmon harvest is a primary […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday gave his final arguments on the Senate floor in support of the Willow Project, a major pending oil development on the North Slope of Alaska awaiting a final decision by the Biden administration. On February 1, the Department of the Interior issued a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland last week urging her to withdraw the National Park Service’s (NPS) proposed rule, released in January, with new restrictions on hunting and trapping in National Preserves in Alaska. The Alaska congressional delegation argues that the […]
WASHINGTON—At CERAWeek 2023 on Monday in Houston, Texas, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) participated in a discussion on the Willow Project and energy security with S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin. During the discussion, Senator Sullivan emphasized that he and the rest of the Alaska congressional delegation urged President Biden to approve the Willow Project in a meeting last week in the Oval Office. Sullivan argued […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) today sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel urging the Biden administration to publicly support the export of abundant U.S. natural gas to America’s allies in Europe […]
WASHINGTON—The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board published an editorial today criticizing Senate Democrats for prioritizing the interests of trial lawyers over sick Marines and their families in cases of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Marines, their family members, and other individuals are able to seek compensation for service-related toxic exposure at […]