Washington, DC— The Canadian Minister of Transport, the Honorable Omar Alghabra, announced two new Interim Orders which ban pleasure craft in Canadian Arctic waters and cruise vessels in all Canadian waters until February 28, 2022. The effect of these combined bans will prevent Alaska sailings out of Seattle via Canada. Following the announcement, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced the names of 41 young Alaskans he nominated to the U.S. Military Service Academies. Senator Sullivan made his selections with the help of an Academy Review Board, comprised of ten members from across Alaska, many of whom are service academy graduates. The board reviewed applications, interviewed each […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to help protect the health and safety of firefighters, emergency responders and the communities they serve. The Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act, which passed the Senate […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Michael Regan, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today agreed with U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), that losing jobs in the energy sector, in the middle of a pandemic-driven recession, is not “a good […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), questioned Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks, nominee to become deputy secretary of defense, during her confirmation hearing about how she views the relationship between a robust domestic energy sector and national security. Sen. Sullivan has raised concerns about recent orders issued […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto yesterday afternoon to discuss the recent executive orders and actions taken by the Biden administration targeting Alaska and other resource development states, the energy sector, and thousands of good-paying middle class American jobs. Senator Sullivan also led 25 of his Senate colleagues in a letter to […]
Washington, DC— U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, joined by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young, all R-AK, called on the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kevin Shea, to expeditiously develop and robustly fund a program to provide grants and forgivable loan support to seafood processing facilities and processing vessels for COVID response […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) led a letter with 25 of his Senate colleagues to President Joe Biden voicing their concerns about the new administration’s recent executive orders and regulatory actions targeting the domestic energy sector and the thousands of good-paying American jobs it supports, and requesting a meeting with the president. The letter is also signed by […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of the Interior to not issue any new oil or natural gas leases on public lands and offshore waters, as well as requiring the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) rebuked President Joe Biden on the floor of the Senate yesterday after the new administration issued a series of orders and regulatory reviews targeting Alaska and other resource development states, the energy sector, and thousands of blue collar American jobs. The actions taken by the Biden administration this week […]