Press Releases
Senate Passes Significant Infrastructure Provisions for Alaska’s Port of Nome, Other Projects
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, celebrated the passage yesterday of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 on the Senate floor by a vote of 83 to 11 as part of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation includes key victories for Alaska infrastructure, including increased federal cost-sharing for the Nome Arctic Deep Draft Port (resulting in community savings of an estima… Continue Reading
12.16.22
Murkowski, Sullivan, Peltola Announce Disaster Declarations for Alaska Fisheries
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed determinations from the U.S. Department of Commerce that fishery disasters have occurred in numerous Alaska fisheries, allowing Alaska fishermen to receive critical relief funding. The funding can be distributed to fishery participants such as harvesters, processors, communities, and households, along with research initiatives in the impacted regions. "Our fisheri… Continue Reading
12.16.22
Sullivan: Kishida Government National Security Strategy has Potential to Transform U.S.-Japan Alliance
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement in support of the new national security strategy and related documents released today by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: "I want to congratulate and commend Prime Minister Kishida and his cabinet for the groundbreaking leadership they have demonstrated with these transformative national security plans. The documents finalized and released today by the Kishida … Continue Reading
12.15.22
2022 Coast Guard Authorization Act Includes Sullivan’s Alaska Priorities
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, voted today with 82 of his Senate colleagues to pass the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022. The bill was passed as part of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Sen. Sullivan championed an increase in appropriation levels that will enable the Coast Guard to carry out vessel capitalization and infrastructure development, particularly in the… Continue Reading
12.15.22
Senate Passes Robust FY 2023 Defense Authorization with Key Sullivan Provisions
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), voted with 82 of his Senate colleagues today to pass the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which raises the Department of Defense's (DOD) budget by $45 billion beyond President Joe Biden's inadequate defense budget proposal that amounted to an inflation-adjusted cut. The legislation includes 33 provisions offered by Sen. Sullivan and authorizes $332 million in milita… Continue Reading
12.14.22
Sullivan, Colleagues Urge Interior Secretary to Withdraw Guidance That Would Impede Energy Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Angus King (I-Maine), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) this week sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging the Biden administration to withdraw recent draft guidance proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The guidance puts onerous requirements on energy infrastructure projects before allowing them t… Continue Reading
12.13.22
Bill Recognizing Congressman Don Young’s Legacy Passes Senate
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) applauded the Senate's passage of their legislation, theDon Young Recognition Act. The bill honors the legacy of the late Don Young, congressman for all of Alaska and the dean of the House of Representatives, who passed away in March 2022 after serving Alaska in the House for 49 years. The legislation recognizes Congressman Young's lifelong contributions to Alaska by designating one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleut… Continue Reading
12.07.22
Sullivan, Romney Introduce Bill to Secure U.S. Critical Mineral Independence from China
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) today introduced the Critical Mineral Independence Act of 2022, legislation to help ensure that the U.S. secures critical mineral independence from China. The U.S. cannot afford to allow the critical minerals used by the Department of Defense (DoD) to be mined or processed in adversarial countries, and it must urgently invest and build its capabilities to achieve critical mineral independence in coordination with allies. … Continue Reading
12.07.22
ICYMI: Sullivan Discusses Willow Project, and the CCP’s Greatest Weakness in Radio Interview
WASHINGTON-In an interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show Tuesday morning, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) called out the Biden administration for delaying the Willow Project in Alaska, while authorizing oil development in Venezuela that is more than 18 times more polluting and will pad the pockets of an authoritarian, human-rights-violating, despotic regime. Senator Sullivan also explained why he led a letter co-signed by a bipartisan group of 41 senators warning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)… Continue Reading
12.06.22
Sullivan, Barrasso, Luján Lead Bipartisan Letter to Expand High-Speed Internet Access in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led their Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the secretaries of the Departments of Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce about the need to expand high-speed internet access in rural communities. Internet service providers are required to obtain permits from the federal government when installing telecommunications infrastructure on federal lands or for projects using federal fundin… Continue Reading
12.01.22
Sullivan, Merkley Lead Bipartisan Group of Senators in Warning CCP Against Violent Crackdown on Protesters
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), chair of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, today led a bipartisan letter with nearly half of their Senate colleagues to the Chinese ambassador to the United States warning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime of the consequences of a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters. Demonstrations have erupted across China in response to the CCP's… Continue Reading
12.01.22
House Passes Bill to Make Sullivan-Shaheen POWER Act Permanent, Supporting Survivors of Violence
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) thanked their House colleagues, led by Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), for passing their bill today to permanently authorize the Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act. Since it was signed into law for a four-year term in 2018, thePOWER Act has been helping combat domestic violence and sexual assault by requiring every federal district court across the country to host an annual summit encoura… Continue Reading
12.01.22
Sullivan, Cotton Introduce Bill to Support 9/11, Beirut Bombing Victims
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), have introduced the Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act, which would expand and improve a federal program that helps terrorist attack victims and their families get justice.Specifically, the bill repurposes no-longer-needed COVID-19 funding to help American victims of terrorism recover court-awarded payments for acts of terrorism committ… Continue Reading
11.30.22
TODAY 4PM: Sullivan, GOP Senators to Seek Expedited Passage of Bill Protecting Camp Lejeune Vets from Unscrupulous Trial Lawyers
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) today at 4:00pm will attempt to pass the Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyers' Scams (VETS) Act by unanimous consent, meaning the bill will pass unless any senator objects. The bill would cap the fees trial lawyer… Continue Reading
11.29.22
Statement from Sen. Dan Sullivan on Respect for Marriage Act Vote
WASHINGTON D.C.-Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after voting for final passage of the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA): "While I've long held that marriage should be an issue left up to the states, the Supreme Court nationalized the issue in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015. Although I disagreed with Obergefell, I said then I would respect the Court's decision and also continue to fight for, respect, and defend the religious liberty of all Americans. … Continue Reading
11.17.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud An Additional $135.9 Million in Broadband Investment for Alaska
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) applauded the announcement of an additional $135.9 million in federal broadband grants for communities across Alaska. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) announced the grants Thursday for broadband programs in Western, Southcentral, and Southeastern Alaska. Newly announced grant recipients include the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., Central Coun… Continue Reading
11.17.22
Sullivan Demands Congress Protect Sick Marines from Predatory Trial Lawyers
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), criticized some of his committee colleagues in an SVAC hearing yesterday for enabling predatory trial lawyers to charge sick Marines exorbitant fees in court cases related to water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Impacted Marines are able to seek compensation for service-related toxic exposure as a result of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which became law i… Continue Reading
11.14.22
Murkowski, Sullivan Continue to Press for Fair Process, Timely Re-Approval of Ambler Access Project
Anchorage, AK - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) sent a new letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reiterating their strong support for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler Road). The Senators' letter, in response to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) recent request for public input as it scopes a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the project, urges DOI to limit its analysis to court-identified issues and to quickly complete the SEIS so develo… Continue Reading
10.28.22
Interior Alaska Receives $30 Million to Deploy High-Speed Internet
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is receiving a $30.3 million federal broadband grant, made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The grant comes through USDA's ReConnect Program, which aims to build out broadband infrastructure to connect communities across the United States with high speed internet access. TCC's grant will help to fund a fiber network in the Yukon-Koyukuk Ce… Continue Reading
10.26.22
$112 Million Announced for Alaska Ports and Ferry Terminals
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that four Alaska coastal communities will receive a total of $112 million in investments this year for critical port-related infrastructure and ferry terminal projects, marking the first wave of these type of investments attributable to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The awards, made possible by the IIJA's investments in Alaska's maritime infrastructure and supply chain, will benef… Continue Reading