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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
02.01.22
Alaska Delegation Welcomes $32 Million Available to Alaska for Legacy Well Cleanup
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, released the following statements after the U.S. Department of the Interior announced that $1.15 billion is available for states to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells. The funding is available through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which was signed into law on November 15, 2021, with $32.2 million available for Alaska. "The failure to address legacy wells has long been an … Continue Reading
02.27.21
OP-ED: Even during a pandemic, the iconic Iditarod continues
by Sens. Dan Sullivan & Lisa Murkowski, and Rep. Don Young
The Iditarod - the Last Great Race - captures the imagination and the hearts of many Alaskans, as well as people around the world. Teams of mushers and their dogs racing roughly 1,000 miles across the state of Alaska toward the finish line in Nome, in some of the harshest conditions and across some of the most difficult and rugged terrain on the planet. It is quintessentially Alaskan. There are other sled dog races around the world and throughout Alaska, but the Iditarod is the most renowne… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Senators Sullivan, Markey, and Van Hollen to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Affordable, Safe, and Healthy Transportation Options
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) yesterday announced their introduction of the Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act. This bipartisan legislation will dedicate $500 million in federal funds annually for grants to local, regional, and state government entities to connect walking and biking infrastructure into active transportation networks that allow people to reach destinations within a community, as well a… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Alaska Delegation Rebukes Fish & Wildlife Service for Misleading Public on “Failed” ANWR Polar Bear Surveys
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) today issued a statement rebuking the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) for engaging in a bad faith permitting process with Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation (KIC), an Alaska Native Village Corporation seeking to conduct a seismic survey on land it owns within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). "We are appalled to learn that the U.S. Fish and Wildlif… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Former legislator Bud Fate remembered as Renaissance man
by Amanda Bohman
Hugh "Bud" Fate died late Thursday. The U.S. Army veteran, who used the G.I. Bill to study dentistry and brought dental care to rural Alaska, served in the Alaska Legislature representing Fairbanks in the early 2000s. While the 91-year-old lived an accomplished life, many people knew him as the husband of the late Mary Jane Fate, originally of Rampart, who co-founded the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska and the Fairbanks Native Association. She was the first woman to co-chair the Alaska… Continue Reading
02.25.21
Sullivan, Manchin Reintroduce Bill to Address Veterans’ Burn Pit Exposure
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, yesterday re-introduced the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act, legislation which addresses a barrier currently preventing many veterans from getting U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for illnesses and diseases related to exposure to burn pits. The bill would recognize and concede their exposure during deployed service. Notabl… Continue Reading
02.25.21
Sullivan, Murphy to Introduce Bill to Better Coordinate Health Care & Social Services
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today they will be introducing the Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act, legislation that would offer grants to states to establish statewide or regional partnerships to better coordinate the work of health care and social service providers, and improve the health and well-being of Americans as a result. The senators' bill would enable states to leverage local expert… Continue Reading
02.19.21
Sullivan Named Ranking Member of Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, was announced as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing. As ranking member, Sen. Sullivan will oversee the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Mammal Commission, U.S. Global Change Research Program, and Department of Commerce Manufacturing Bureaus (MBDA, NIST-ME… Continue Reading
02.19.21
Alaska Delegation Rebukes Administration for Delaying PLO Revocation
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior postponed the revocation of public land orders (PLO) signed by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. By removing the PLOs, the land will return to multiple-use status and there could be the potential for additional, responsible resource development on nearly 10 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) territory i… Continue Reading
02.18.21
Sullivan Again Named Lead Republican on Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday announced that U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has been selected to serve another term as the lead Republican on the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support in the 117th Congress. In his capacity as the ranking member of the SASC Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Sen. Sullivan will oversee military readiness across each branch within the Department of Defense, including training, logistics and m… Continue Reading