Press Releases
Sullivan, Rubio, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Ban Oil and Natural Gas Imports from Iran & Venezuela
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) have introduced the Preempting Misguided Appeasement and Financing of Destabilizing Regimes Act. The bill would prohibit the importation of Iranian and Venezuelan crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas into the United States. On Mar… Continue Reading
03.04.22
Delegation Announces $39 Million USDA Investment in Watersheds and Water Supply
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, welcomed an announcement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that?the?U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $39 million in Alaska's infrastructure. This funding is through implementation of?the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which was signed into law last November. "The cultural identity and subsistence way of life for Alaska Native communities … Continue Reading
03.04.22
Sullivan, Manchin, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Ban Russian Energy Imports
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this week joined Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act which would prohibit the importation of Russian crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal. They were joined by Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Angus King (I-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii),… Continue Reading
03.04.22
Delegation Welcomes $187 Million Investment from Infrastructure Law to Boost Supply Chain & Strengthen Border Security
Anchorage, AK-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, celebrated the announcement of over $187 million from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act heading to Tok, Alaska for the design and construction of a new Alcan Land Port of Entry (ALCAN) Border Station. Constructed in 1971, the ALCAN is the most isolated land port of entry between the US and Canada, processing commercial truck traffic, in addition to buses and privately-owned v… Continue Reading
03.04.22
OP-ED: Let Alaska Sell American Energy to the World
by Harry Brower Jr. and Josiah Patkotak
Even as Russian tanks lined up on the Ukrainian border in February, the Biden administration froze U.S. drilling on federal lands and issued rules making it harder to build natural-gas pipelines. We may be Inupiaq Eskimos 5,000 miles away from the Washington policy machine, but we know crazy when we see it. And this is crazy. Big profits from oil and gas exports to Europe and the U.S. are enabling Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine. Curtailing U.S. energy production forces the world to buy … Continue Reading
03.02.22
SPEECH: Energy and Putin's War on Ukraine
Mr. President, obviously, the images coming out of Ukraine and the heroism that we are seeing is inspiring people all across America, all across the world, and it is spurring governments to action, appropriate action. Just the other day, there was a world leader in charge of one of the world's most important countries who was spurred to action. Despite his country and his government having a leftwing leaning, he made announcements--historic, remarkable announcements--that not only stunned… Continue Reading
03.01.22
Sullivan, Colleagues Demand Biden Change Course on Failing Energy Policy as Prices Skyrocket at Home and Putin is Emboldened
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Thune (R-S.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)… Continue Reading
03.01.22
ICYMI: Sullivan Demands President Biden End “Holy War” Against American Energy
WASHINGTON-In an interview on Fox News Channel's The Ingraham Angle last night, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) demanded President Joe Biden and his administration end their "holy war" against domestic energy production. Sen. Sullivan also announced he is sending a letter to the president in advance of the State of the Union outlining specific actions the Biden administration can take to unleash domestic energy production in order to lower skyrocketing energy prices and to help America's Eu… Continue Reading
03.01.22
SPEECH: Biden Must Course Correct on Failing Energy Policy
Mr. President, I want to come down to the floor and talk about the issue that is certainly the focus of America and the world right now, and that is Ukraine, and that is the President's State of the Union Address, which will be a very important one tonight. And I know that Americans all across our great Nation are glued to their televisions, social media streams. And what we are seeing in Europe is quite remarkable, quite unsettling--another major war on the European continent. We are see… Continue Reading
02.24.22
Sullivan Statement on Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Its Broader Implications
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today issued the following statement on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "We need to fully understand the broader implications of this invasion of Ukraine. We have entered a new era of authoritarian aggression, led by Russia and China's dictators, who are increasingly isolated and dangerous, driven by historical grievances, paranoid about their democratic neighbors, and willing to use military force and other aggressive actions to crush the citizens … Continue Reading
02.22.22
Delegation Condemns Biden Administration Filing Against Alaska’s Ambler Road
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements in response to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) court filing to reopen the Record of Decision for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road project (Ambler Road). This project-which began permitting during the Obama administration-received final federal approval in July of 2020, but now faces months of supplemental environmental analysis.… Continue Reading
02.18.22
Alaska Delegation Introduces Bill to Protect Alaska’s Cruise Season, Boosting Economy and Supporting Small Businesses
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all (R-Alaska), introduced bicameral legislation to provide a one year extension of the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA), which was signed into law inMay 2021. Under the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA), foreign vessels must stop at a foreign port when traveling between U.S. ports. While Canada's borders are currently open to international travelers, they were not in 2021, which is why Alaska's congre… Continue Reading
02.18.22
Sullivan Recognizes Doug Keil as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Doug Keil, of Anchorage, a para-alpine skier who was the first American man ever to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games when he competed in Norway in 1980. After his historic wins, Keil returned to Alaska and spent the next 30 years building the structures, organizations and culture necessary to create opportunities for other Paralympic athletes. In 1980, Keil founded Challenge Alaska, a nonprof… Continue Reading
02.17.22
Senate Democrats Defend Russian Ban on U.S. Seafood Imports
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today attempted to pass the U.S-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act by unanimous consent, but the bill was blocked by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Sullivan's legislation, introduced last week with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), seeks to establish reciprocity in the U.S.-Russian seafood trading relationship by imposing a ban on the import of all Russian seafood products into the United States in response to Russia's own prohibition on the impo… Continue Reading
02.17.22
Alaska Delegation Welcomes $30 Million to Support Alaska’s Seafood Industry, Help Recoup COVID-19 Losses
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, yesterday welcomed a $30 million investment in Alaska's seafood industry by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). This funding, made available under the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS), will help defray costs incurred by seafood processing facilities and vessels preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. $30,694,746 in support from the SPRS Pro… Continue Reading
02.15.22
Sullivan Ban on Russian Seafood Imports Included in Senate GOP Sanctions Package
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today highlighted the inclusion of a provision in the newly-introduced Never Yielding Europe's Territory (NYET) Act that directs the federal government to prohibit Russian seafood imports to the U.S. The NYET Act would provide critical support to Ukraine to defend itself and deter Russian aggression, while also imposing real costs on the Kremlin for its ongoing and potential future aggression against Ukraine. The Sullivan-authored provision is base… Continue Reading
02.11.22
Senators Introduce Bill to Improve Coast Guard Behavioral Health Policies
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced the Guarding Mental Health Act, legislation which would require the commandant of the Coast Guard to establish an interim behavioral health policy for members of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) that achieves parity with the policies of the Department of Defense (DoD). Currently, the USCG has outdated policies with respect to personnel who come forward to seek trea… Continue Reading
02.11.22
Sullivan, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Ban Russian Seafood Imports
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) this week introduced the U.S-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act, legislation that would impose a ban on the import of all Russian seafood products into the United States in response to Russia's own prohibition on the import of U.S. and other western seafood products since 2014. Russia enacted its embargo in response to a suite of sanctions the United States and its allies imposed following Russia's 2014 invasion of … Continue Reading
02.03.22
Sullivan Announces 2022 Military Service Academy Nominations
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today announced the names of 27 young Alaskans he nominated to the U.S. Military Service Academies. Sen. Sullivan made his selections with the help of an Academy Review Board comprised of nine members from across Alaska, many of whom are service academy graduates. The board reviewed applications, interviewed each of the applicants, and made recommendations to the senator. "I am honored to get to nominate yet another inspiring group of young Alask… Continue Reading
02.03.22
Sens. Sullivan, Scott Introduce Bill to Prevent Weaponization of OSHA
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today introduced the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Clarification Act, legislation that would clarify the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s emergency temporary standards following President Joe Biden's attempt to implement a federal vaccine mandate on private businesses thro… Continue Reading