WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), today reintroduced legislation amending the 2020 Save Our Seas (SOS) 2.0 Act and the 2006 Marine Debris Act to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with greater flexibility to deliver federal resources and enter into cooperative […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation today that pushes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct research on the health effects of medicinal cannabis for veterans experiencing chronic pain and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “Our nation’s veterans deserve options when it comes to treating the wounds […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday delivered his annual address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, Alaska. Sen. Sullivan focused on three overarching themes: revitalizing Alaska’s economy and creating opportunities for good jobs for all Alaskans; addressing the social challenges of domestic violence and sexual assault, addiction, and mental health declines […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) have reintroduced S.175, which would codify the revocation of five Public Land Orders (PLOs), undoing the Biden administration’s efforts to unfairly halt access to federal public lands in Alaska. This legislation would return nearly 28 million […]
Introduction Good morning, everybody. Thank you, Mr. President and Speaker Tilton. It’s very much an honor to be back here. To all legislators—some of you new to me, some of you dear old friends—I just want to say, it’s great to be back home with all of you! Things around here have changed some. There’s […]
WASHINGTON—On the floor of the U.S. Senate last week, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Frank Hughes and Lincoln Bean, Alaska Native leaders of the village of Kake, Alaska. Hughes and Bean led a years-long effort to repatriate 25 precious Native objects—baskets, a headdress, a replica of a canoe, ceremonial paddles, and rattles used by Tlingit spiritual medicine men—to their community […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after a Chinese spy balloon was shot down by a U.S. fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina this afternoon. “I want to commend the skilled airmen who safely executed the mission to finally take […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and 48 of theirSenate colleagues, will be introducing a bipartisan joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn President Joe Biden’s environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) rule, instituted last November, which allows retirement plan fiduciaries to use millions of Americans’ retirement investments to push far-left political agendas instead of getting the best returns for hard-working Americans. “I […]
WASHINGTON—In an interview on Fox News Channel’s America Reports yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) told Fox News host John Roberts that the Willow Project is far cleaner than imported oil from Venezuela, which the Biden Administration’s recently allowed by the lifting of sanctions. As Senator Sullivan noted, Venezuelan oil is 18 times dirtier than the average American oil project. The Willow […]
WASHINGTON—In a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) criticized the media for coverage of the latest regulatory milestone for the Willow Project that excluded the voices and perspectives of unions and Alaska Native leaders who are overwhelmingly supportive of the development. Sullivan noted that environmental activist groups from the Lower 48 were […]