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SPEECH: Voting Rights and the Senate Filibuster
Mr. President, I wanted to come down here, like many of my colleagues today, and talk about a really important topic, and that is the future of the filibuster and the issue of voting rights, both of which are very important to this country. We are going to be focused a lot--perhaps with some major votes, historic votes, in the U.S. Senate this week--on these topics. There has been a lot of talk recently from my Democratic colleagues about actually getting rid of the filibuster. This, as m… Continue Reading
01.11.22
“No Action” Administration Targets NPR-A for Latest Restrictions on Alaska Resource Development
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) signaled that it plans to close millions of additional acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) to responsible resource development. "With zero analysis or consultation with Alaskans, the Biden administration has decided to upend the NPR-A's current management plan to return to an outdated policy that is worse… Continue Reading
01.08.22
OP-ED: Headwinds and hope for the new year
by Sen. Dan Sullivan
Let's face it, 2021 was another tough year. The pandemic, which we had all hoped would be in the rearview mirror by now, is still front and center. It's taken too many lives of our fellow Americans, and has greatly disrupted our communities. Inflation, which is at a 40-year high, is shrinking the budgets of working Alaskans. Compounding these serious challenges is the Biden administration's open hostility to Alaska's economy and our way of life. However, despite these challenges, we have been a… Continue Reading
01.29.21
Sullivan Speaks to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Biden Energy Orders
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 President Joe Biden yesterday voicing their concerns on behalf of their constituents, and requestin… Continue Reading
01.29.21
Delegation Urges Administration to Swiftly Provide Seafood Processors COVID-19 Relief
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 measures, in fulfillment of language Senator Murkowski included in theConsolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. "Given the co… Continue Reading
01.29.21
Odd couple: How a Republican senator and Biden’s defense secretary became friends downrange
by Joe Gould
WASHINGTON ? Long before he was U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, he was Marine Reserve Maj. Dan Sullivan, tapped to write U.S. Central Command's strategy document and, by his telling, not getting much help from the subordinate commanders in the region. That is, until he went to Lloyd Austin, then CENTCOM's two-star chief of staff. "He did a big video teleconference with all the subordinate commanders and said in very forceful language: This guy is doing it and you better help him," Sullivan, R-Alaska, t… Continue Reading
01.28.21
26 Senators Request Meeting with President Biden Following Actions Targeting Energy Workers
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 Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy… Continue Reading
01.28.21
Delegation Denounces Executive Order to Stop Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands
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 Department to evaluate all existing leasing and permitting practices. In Fiscal Year 2019, the oil and gas industry supported $3.1 billion in state and local… Continue Reading
01.23.21
Sullivan Blasts Biden Orders Targeting Blue Collar Jobs and Energy Sector
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 include issuing a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic Nati… Continue Reading
01.22.21
Sullivan, Senate Vote to Confirm Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voted today with 92 of his Senate colleagues to confirm Lloyd Austin as the secretary of defense. Austin is a retired four-star Army general. Yesterday, Sullivan voted to waive a National Security Act of 1947 requirement that would have mandated Austin wait seven years following the conclusion of his military service before being eligible to serve as defense secretary. Sullivan and Austin ser… Continue Reading
01.22.21
Alaska Delegation Welcomes $40 Million DOT Grant to the Native Village of Eyak for the Construction of an Oil Spill Response Facility
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan, Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) welcomed a $40,199,275 grant awarded to the Native Village of Eyak from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This funding, made available under the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program, will be used for the construction of a dock and small port that will serve as the proposed Shepard Point Marine Tribal Transportation (MTT) & Oil Spill Response (O… Continue Reading
01.20.21
Delegation Rebukes Biden Administration Effort to Block Development in ANWR
WASHINGTON, D.C.--U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statement after President Joe Biden announced a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). "Today, President Biden announced that he will pick up where the Obama administration left off by conducting a review of multiple rulemakings that are critical to Alaska and by placin… Continue Reading
01.20.21
Delegation Applauds Issuance of Leases for Coastal Plain Oil & Gas Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the signing and issuing of leases on nine of the tracts that received qualifying bids from the first lease sale for lands in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Results of the January 6 lease sale are available on BLM's website. "The Alaska Delegatio… Continue Reading
01.19.21
Sullivan Introduces Defense Secretary Nominee Lloyd Austin
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today was one of two speakers to introduce Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, at his confirmation hearing to serve as the next secretary of defense in the incoming Biden administration. The other speaker introducing Austin was Leon Panetta, who previously served as defense secretary and director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In his introductory remarks, Sullivan u… Continue Reading
01.12.21
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review in Alaska Native Corporations CARES Act Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to petitions from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and several Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) challenging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that determined ANCs are not eligible for the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) tribal set-aside within Title V of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act. The motion from the Alaska Delegation to participate was also granted. In November, 2019, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Da… Continue Reading
01.11.21
Alaska Delegation Commends U.S. Navy for New Arctic Strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) commended the U.S. Navy for releasing "A Blue Arctic" last week, the service's strategy document for the Arctic region. The Department of the Navy's document builds upon the Department of Defense's (DOD) Arctic strategy, released in June of 2019, and compliments the Air Force's Arctic strategy, released in July of 2020. "We live in an era of renewed great power competition, when a growing … Continue Reading
01.07.21
Sullivan Votes to Count the Electoral College Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after the conclusion of Congress' joint session to count the Electoral College vote from the 2020 presidential election as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. "The violence that occurred in the Capitol building during the counting of the Electoral College vote was sad and dispiriting. There is no excuse for political violence. Those who chose violence in order to disrupt our constitutional duties, however, d… Continue Reading
01.05.21
Sullivan, Markey, Murkowski Welcome Signing of Young Fishermen’s Development Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the signing of the Young Fishermen's Development Act, legislation to mitigate the challenges facing the next generation of entrants into the fishing industry by supporting regional training opportunities and apprenticeship programs. Congressmen Don Young (R-Alaska) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) were the lead sponsors of the legislation in the House. "Just like the proud… Continue Reading
01.04.21
Delegation Welcomes New NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the release of an updated Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). "This is more good news for Alaskans as we chart a path to economic recovery and long-term prosperity for our state. This robust plan recognizes the purposes of the NPR-A and will restore reasonable … Continue Reading
01.03.21
Sullivan Sworn in for Second Term in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) was sworn in to the 117th Congress today by Vice President Mike Pence in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Sullivan was joined by his wife, Julie, and their three daughters. "One of the greatest honors of my life has been the opportunity to serve my fellow Alaskans in the U.S. Senate, and I thank the people of Alaska for their confidence and support in sending me to represent them in Washington for a second term," said Senator Sullivan. "As… Continue Reading