WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke on the Senate floor today about the importance of federal disaster relief funds for communities that were recently hit by Typhoon Merbok, one of the strongest storms in Alaska’s history. Preliminary assessments show extensive damage to structures and essential infrastructure throughout the region. The Alaska congressional delegation sent a letter Tuesday […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced the Department of the Interior (DOI) is investing over $3.3 million in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to bolster wildfire resilience on nearly 8,000 acres of land across Alaska. These wildland fire management investments will increase fuels treatments in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) gave a speech on the Senate floor yesterday condemning President Biden for advancing policies that weaken America’s military and distract from the military’s core mission of lethality. As Senator Sullivan noted, the president has continually proposed cuts to the defense budget, while American soldiers are advised to use food stamps, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, recently sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reiterating their strong support for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler Road). The senators called on the Department of the Interior (DOI) to promptly complete its work to re-approve the Ambler Road following DOI’s request for a voluntary remand of […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate today voted unanimously in favor of an amendment offered by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) conditioning the Senate’s ratification of updates to the Montreal Protocol (known as the Kigali Amendment) on the U.S. taking action to remove China’s designation as a “developing nation.” In his remarks on the Senate floor prior to the […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) sent a letter yesterday to President Joe Biden urging him to expeditiously approve Alaska Governor Michael Dunleavy’s (R-Alaska) request for a Major Disaster declaration to support Western Alaska’s recovery from the impact of Typhoon Merbok on Alaskan families, homes, businesses, schools, and infrastructure. “This was […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete the permitting process for the Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) by the end of the year, in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, and his committee colleagues voted this week to approve the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, reauthorizing the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Sen. Sullivan championed an increase in appropriation levels that will enable the Coast Guard to […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), yesterday criticized President Joe Biden for again proposing an inflation-adjusted cut to the Department of Defense, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for failing to quickly bring the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the floor for a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and 21 other Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) demanding the Senate vote on the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) before the end of September. The House of Representatives approved its version […]