Press Releases
Delegation Slams Biden Decisions to Further Restrict, Deny Resource Development in Alaska
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today slammed President Biden and his administration for making two more major adversarial decisions—on top of dozens of others over the past three years—that will prevent responsible resource development in Alaska. Earlier today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) released a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Ambler Access Project (AAP), se… Continue Reading
04.18.24
Alaska Delegation Leads Effort to Delay Alaska Air National Guard Cuts, Protect Defense in the Arctic
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today applauded the announcement that the Air National Guard will delay the implementation of full-time leveling actions in the state of Alaska that would impact or eliminate nearly 80 Active Guard Reserve positions and threaten the United States homeland defense mission in Alaska and beyond. The delay moves implementation from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, allow… Continue Reading
04.18.24
Sullivan: “What a Dangerous World This President Has Created” as Biden Administration Continues Sanctions on American Energy
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee(SASC), warned in a press conference today that the Biden administration’s continued sanctions levied against American energy and critical mineral production endanger U.S. national security. The press conference was held in anticipation of the announcement that the Biden administration will impose severe restrictions on resource development in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A) and kill … Continue Reading
04.18.24
Sullivan, Luján Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Boost Wildfire Mitigation and Research
WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act to establish regional research centers at institutions of higher education across the country. Under this bipartisan legislation, these regional centers would be tasked with developing next-generation fire and vegetation models and technologies to support the wildland fire management community in their mission, and address the specific needs of the … Continue Reading
04.16.24
As Biden Moves to Shut Down NPR-Alaska, Sullivan & Colleagues Warn Biden Not To Renew Oil Sanctions Relief For Venezuela’s Dictatorship
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and six of his Republican colleagues sent a letter to President Biden last week urging the administration not renew oil sanctions relief for Venezuela. The administration must decide whether to re-authorize the sanctions relief by Thursday when the previous authorization expires. The letter was first reported on in a story by Fox News Digital’s Thomas Catenacci. The full letter can be read… Continue Reading
04.16.24
Sullivan Condemns Biden for “Sanctioning Alaska More than Terrorist Regimes” Like Iran
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), last night criticized the Biden administration for appeasing Iran and declining to enforce oil sanctions on the terrorist regime while simultaneously moving to restrict development on more than 10 million acres of land in Alaska. Recent reports indicate the Biden administration is preparing to finalize a rule reversing more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) from dev… Continue Reading
04.11.24
Alaska Congressional Delegation selects Julie Kitka to lead Denali Commission
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced that they have passed along their recommendation for Julie Kitka to serve as the Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair. If approved, Kitka would replace Jocelyn Fenton who started serving in the role of Interim Federal Co-Chair on March 6, 2024. “Alaskans know what Julie Kitka can deliver when she’s taking the lead,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski. “For 33 years, s… Continue Reading
04.11.24
Sullivan: “Put Iranian Spy Ships at the Bottom of the Ocean” to Re-establish Deterrence in the Middle East
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),emphasized the urgent need to re-establish deterrence with regard to Iran and their terrorist proxies in an interview onThe Hugh Hewitt Radio Show this morning. Sen. Sullivan has repeatedly called for a stronger response to Iranian aggression in the Middle East, urging the Biden administration to take action against Iranian spy ships supplying targeting intel against American warships in an ex… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Sullivan & Murkowski Welcome Significant Investments to Make Rural Alaska More Resilient
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the United States Department of Transportation’s announcement of over $50 million in grants for the state of Alaska through the Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-saving Transportation (PROJECT) program. These grants are part of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act, and aim to bolster community resilience efforts, secure funding for at-risk coastal infrastructure, as… Continue Reading
04.09.24
Sullivan Warns Biden’s Defense Cuts Could Put U.S. in Dangerous Territory & Below 3% of GDP
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this morning pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown on the implications of President Joe Biden’s proposal to cut military spending in an increasingly dangerous world. Senator Sullivan noted that the Biden administration’s proposed defense spending cuts would put the United States on a path to spend less than three percent of GDP … Continue Reading
04.03.24
Alaska Delegation Continues to Make the Case Against Proposed NPR-A Rule
Anchorage, AK—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) today released a letter they sent to Secretary Deb Haaland last week, urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to withdraw a misguided rule targeting the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). In their letter, the delegation called attention to four recent developments that “reinforce why DOI must change its approach and withdraw this unlawful rule”: 1. … Continue Reading
04.02.24
Sullivan, Murkowski Applaud Implementation of Cold Weather Pay for Alaska Air and Space Forces
Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) applauded the implementation of cold weather special duty pay for Air and Space Forces service members based in certain locations, including Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, and Clear Space Force Station in Anderson. This announcement, effective April 1, 2024, follows two letters sent by Senators Sullivan … Continue Reading
03.29.24
Sullivan, Ricketts and House Leaders Pledge Effort to Reverse Biden’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Rule
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Representatives John James (MI-10) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) pledged today to lead efforts to overturn the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized rule for heavy-duty vehicle emission standards. The rule would require 30-40% of all new trucks be electric in just eight years. Today’s rule comes in addition to the new light-duty and medium-duty emission standards that were announced last week. Those r… Continue Reading
03.21.24
Alaska Delegation Secures Funding for Commercial Icebreaker
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today announced they have successfully secured federal funding for the purchase of a Commercially Available Icebreaker. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act includes $125 million to purchase the icebreaker. The delegation has also secured commitments from the Coast Guard that the icebreaker will be homeported in Juneau, Alaska to afford the vessel gr… Continue Reading
03.20.24
Sullivan, Ricketts Announce Plans to Introduce CRA Reversing Emission Rules for Biden’s EV Mandate
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska), both members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule finalized today, for light-duty and medium-duty vehicle emission standards. “This rule is delusional. This is the Biden administration’s attempt to get rid of the internal-combustion engine without congressional authority. Together, we will be introducing Congress… Continue Reading
03.20.24
Sullivan Successfully Forces SECNAV to Comply with Law, Meet 31-Amphib Minimum in Shipbuilding Plan
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), welcomed a new U.S. Navy 30-year shipbuilding plan this week that finally complies with a provision he secured in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Navy to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious vessels, 10 of which must be assault ships. In April 2023, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro produced a 30-year shipbuilding plan that ignored the FY 2023 NDAA 31 amphibiou… Continue Reading
03.20.24
ICYMI: Sullivan Warns Biden’s LNG Ban ‘Drives U.S. Allies into the Arms of Our Adversaries’
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),warned this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box that the Biden administration’s freeze on new LNG export permits diminishes U.S. national security and drives America’s allies to U.S. adversaries. Sen. Sullivan discussed conversations he had with European and Asian leaders at the Munich Security Conference in February, where allies expressed their grave concerns about the LNG export ban. These conce… Continue Reading
03.18.24
Sullivan To Deliver Message to Podesta, White House at CERAWeek: End LNG Ban Immediately
HOUSTON, TEXAS - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will hand deliver a letter today at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, to President Biden’s Climate Envoy John Podesta urging an “immediate reversal” of the Biden administration’s ban on new LNG exports and warning of the “dire national security and foreign policy implications” as a result of the ban. The letter was also signed by Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Co… Continue Reading
03.15.24
Alaska Legislature Overwhelmingly Passes Resolution Opposing BLM’s Proposed NPR-A Rule
JUNEAU, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), along with Governor Mike Dunleavy and a host of Alaska leaders and stakeholders, today thanked members of the Alaska Legislature for overwhelmingly passing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution demanding the Biden administration withdraw a proposed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule that would enact unprecedented restrictions on responsible resource development within … Continue Reading
03.15.24
Sullivan Tells Biden: Threaten to Sink Iranian Spy Ships
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), urged President Biden in a letter on Friday to threaten to sink Iranian spy ships in the Red Sea if the Houthis continue their attack on American service members. The recommendation follows the Senate Armed Service Committee testimony of General Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, who said recent U.S. strikes on Iranian… Continue Reading
