Press Releases
Sullivan Statement on Indictment of Former President Trump
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement in response to the indictment of former President Donald Trump. “The indictment of a former president and current candidate for the White House is unprecedented and will almost certainly do lasting damage to our polarized nation. Both local and federal prosecutors have previously declined to bring charges. Any criminal indictment of a former president should involve a serious crime with credible, airtig… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, 52 Other Senators Pass Resolution Overturning Biden WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and 52 of his Senate colleagues today passed legislation, introduced by EPW Ranking Member Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), to overturn President Biden’s overreaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. “We have become a red tape nation,” said Senator Sullivan. “The United States once unleashed American ingenuity and grit to build stru… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, Gallagher Reintroduce S.T.A.N.D. with Taiwan Act
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), today re-introduced the Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democracies (STAND) with Taiwan Act of 2023, which would impose crippling, comprehensive economic and financial sanctions on Chin… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, Padilla Bill to Increase Federal Funding to Better Respond to and Suppress Wildfires Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON—Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) advanced out of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC). The Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act would improve the federal government’s response to wildfire disasters by ensuring state and local fire suppression assets that are pre-deployed are eligible for FEMA’s Fire Management Assistance Grant… Continue Reading
03.28.23
SPEECH: Sullivan Speaks on Iranian Aggression, Potential AUMF Repeal
WASHINGTON--Madam President, we are debating, last week and this week, the authorization for the use of military force authority that was granted in 2002, which is a really important debate that we are seeing right here on the Senate floor. By the way, it is a good-faith argument. There are Members on both sides of the aisle making different arguments. There is not a topic, in my view, more important than the issues at stake here--how to use military force; when to use military… Continue Reading
03.15.23
Sullivan: Before Willow Approval, I Asked President Biden: How Can You Lift Sanctions On Venezuela and Not Let Alaska Produce?
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday told John Roberts on Fox News' "America Reports" that, prior to the Biden administration's approval of the Willow Project, he asked President Biden how he could justify lifting sanctions on Venezuela while shutting down energy production in Alaska. "The one thing that I actually mentioned to the president, I mention it to every Biden administration official, and they've never been able to answer it, even the ones who supposedly care abou… Continue Reading
03.14.23
Sullivan: Haaland’s Latest King Cove Road Decision Is a Disingenuous, Purposeful Delay
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 to critical life-saving emergency services. "This decision is the latest act in Secretary Haaland's dising… Continue Reading
03.13.23
Sullivan Welcomes AUKUS Nuclear Sub Agreement, Calls for Further Congressional Briefings
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 coming years. Sen. Sullivan also called on the Biden administration to brief congressi… Continue Reading
03.13.23
Delegation: Willow Reapproval is Monumental for Alaska
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. "We finally… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Sullivan, Daines & Nehls Reintroduce RED Tape Act
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 of Federal Regulations for every ne… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Alaska Delegation Urges Court to Drop Deceptive Lawsuit Threatening Southeast Alaska Troll Fishermen
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 contributor to the population decline of Southern resident killer whales hundreds of miles away in Puget Sound. The lawsui… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Sullivan Makes Final Case: Willow Is Exactly the Kind of Energy Project Joe Biden Should Want to Support
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) for Willow and the administration is expected to release a final Record of Decision (ROD) for the project any day now. On March 2, Sull… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Alaska Delegation Demands Secretary Haaland Rescind Unlawful NPS Hunting Order
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 rule, put forward without any consultation with the State of Alaska, is unsupported by scientifi… Continue Reading
03.08.23
ICYMI: At CERAWeek, Sullivan Says Willow Project Aligns with Biden’s Priorities
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 that the Alaska oil project aligns with President Biden's priori… Continue Reading
03.06.23
Senators Urge Administration to Rally Support for U.S. LNG Exports to Allies
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 and Asia, particularly Japan, which has prioritized energy security in its term leading the G7. The s… Continue Reading
03.06.23
ICYMI: WSJ on the “Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Racket”
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 the base as a result of the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which b… Continue Reading
03.03.23
Alaska Delegation Issues Statement on White House Meeting
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska)-the three members of Alaska's congressional delegation-today released the following statement after meeting with President Joe Biden and top members of his team to urge the reapproval of Alaska's Willow Project. "We met with the President and his senior advisors in the Oval Office for more than an hour yesterday afternoon. The conversation was honest and respectful, an… Continue Reading
03.02.23
Alaska Native and Union Leaders Join Delegation to Urge Re-Approval of Willow Project
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) participated in an event outside the U.S. Capitol calling on the Biden administration to re-approve the Willow Project on Alaska's North Slope. The delegation was joined by Alaska State Representative Josiah Patkotak (I-Utqia?vik); Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat; Joelle Hall, president of AFL-CIO Alaska; Doreen Leavitt, directo… Continue Reading
02.27.23
Alaska Legislature Passes Unanimous Resolution Supporting Willow Project
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today thanked members of the Alaska House and the Alaska Senate for passing a unanimous resolution supporting the pending Willow Project on Alaska's North Slope, and urging the White House to approve the economically-viable "Alternative E" project scope recommended by career Department of the Interior (DOI) staff and scientists. DOI issued the Final Supplemental Environme… Continue Reading
02.21.23
Defense Experts Affirm Importance of U.S. Energy to National Security, Including Alaska’s Willow Project
WASHINGTON-In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) last week, several defense policy experts testified to the importance of domestic energy production as a critical strategic advantage for the United States relative to America's main adversaries, China and Russia. The witnesses were responding to questions posed by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a senior SASC member, who asked whether it serves U.S. national security interests to produce more oil and gas-like the massiv… Continue Reading