WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced today that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has formally implemented his long-sought fix to the “bona fide place of business” requirement, an unnecessary barrier that for years prevented small businesses from fairly competing for federal construction contracts. Under the updated policy, 8(a) firms will no longer need to establish […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Representatives Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), celebrated the Senate’s recent unanimous passage of S. 3022, the Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize key Environmental Protection Agency […]
WASHINGTON—Earlier today, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn an unlawful and restrictive Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coastal Plain oil and gas program that the Biden administration imposed in December 2024. The Senate moved yesterday to begin debate on S.J. Res. 91, sponsored by Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), before voting […]
WASHINGTON—To mark the shared sacrifices of the United States and Nationalist China (formally known as the Republic of China, whose government is now based in Taiwan) during World War II, the chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China(CECC)—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representative Chris Smith’s (R-N.J.)—announced a joint, bicameral effort to challenge the Chinese […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) celebrated the signing of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 into law. This legislation expands programs to address substance use disorders and overdoses, and includes major priorities the delegation has long championed, including provisions of Bruce’s Law and the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior (Interior) released its Draft Proposed Program (DPP) for the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which would guide offshore oil and gas lease sales in federal waters from 2026 […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)—all members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee—have introduced the Vital Investment in Sustaining International Tourism to the USA (VISIT USA) Act to fully restore Brand USA’s funding in Fiscal Years (FY) 2026 and 2027. Brand USA is […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today introduced Aaron Christian Peterson, of Eagle River, Alaska, at his nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On November 12, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Peterson to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, which currently has two […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today issued the following statements after the Department of the Interior (Interior) repealed a rule the Biden administration imposed in 2024 as it sought to halt future development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) recently introduced the Cold Weather Diesel Reliability Act to address Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions system malfunctions that can force diesel engines to shut down in extreme cold. Under current one-size-fits-all EPA regulations, trucks and heavy equipment are required to use emissions systems that can trigger […]