Press Releases
Sullivan Honors Michael Martinez as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Michael Martinez, of Anchorage, a young Alaskan innovator, the winner of several prestigious science awards and competitions, and a student at the University of Alaska Anchorage and the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program. Martinez, just 21 years old, is currently working on a new sustainable method of extracting rare-earth elements, resources that are critically important to all aspects … Continue Reading
06.11.21
Sullivan Talks Taiwan Visit, Infrastructure Negotiations on Fox Business
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke with Maria Bartiromo this week on Fox Business Network about stalled infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans, and the senator and two of his Senate colleagues' recent visit to South Korea and Taiwan in which the delegation announced the allocation of 750,000 American vaccines for the people of Taiwan. TRANSCRIPT BARTIROMO: Joining me right now is Alaska senator, a member of the Senate Arme… Continue Reading
06.10.21
Sullivan, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Support Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced legislation to amend the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment program, making an additional 3.7 million acres of federal land in the National Wildlife Refuge System available for selection. The legislation was developed based on a recommendation from then-Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and will help to further rectify a longstanding injustice that has impacted Alaska Native veterans that s… Continue Reading
06.09.21
DoD Announces Establishment of Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (both R-Alaska) today applauded the Department of Defense's (DoD) announcement that it is establishing the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, an initiative that the Alaska delegation has worked to both authorize and appropriate funding for. The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed in December 2020, included an amendment to establish a new regional DoD center - the first DoD regional center in the Arcti… Continue Reading
06.07.21
Sens. Sullivan, Duckworth & Coons Reaffirm U.S.-ROK Alliance in Bipartisan Visit to South Korea
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, along with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a combat veteran who served in the Reserve forces for 23 years and a member of SASC, and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, participated in a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) visit to South Korea, where they discussed shared interests and future… Continue Reading
06.07.21
Sens. Sullivan, King, Cortez Masto, Schatz & Murkowski Introduce Visit America Act
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Angus King (I-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently introduced S. 1974, the Visit America Act, which would formally authorize the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and create an assistant secretary position within the Department of Commerce focused on bolstering America's travel and tourism industry and coordinating a strategy across multiple federal agencies by establishin… Continue Reading
06.06.21
Sens. Sullivan, Duckworth & Coons Visit Taipei to Underscore U.S. Support for Taiwan, Announce Allocation of 750,000 Vaccine Doses to Taiwan
TAIPEI, TAIWAN-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, along with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a combat veteran who served in the Reserve forces for 23 years and a member of SASC, and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to Taipei to underscore U.S. support for Taiwan, including on combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The delegation highligh… Continue Reading
06.01.21
Alaska Delegation, Governor Rebuke Biden Administration For Cancelling Lawful ANWR Leases
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Congressman Don Young, and Governor Mike Dunleavy (all R-Alaska) today criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior for announcing it will suspend all oil and gas leases for portions of the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), pending the outcome of another environmental review. The leases were issued in January pursuant to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which authorized respons… Continue Reading
05.28.21
Sullivan, Senate EPW Advance $303 Billion Infrastructure Authorization Bill
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this week joined his colleagues on the Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) in advancing out committee the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act (STRA) of 2021, a bill authorizing $303.5 billion from the Highway Trust Fund from Fiscal Year 2022 through 2026, and $3.5 billion for Alaska over five years. STRArepresents a 34 percent increase beyond the previous long-term highway authorization, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation… Continue Reading
05.27.21
Sullivan, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Address Gaps in Veteran Health Care
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC)-along with SVAC Ranking Member Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and committee members, Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)-yesterday introduced the Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served (GHAPS) Act to address gaps in veteran health care and ensure the Departmen… Continue Reading
05.27.21
Biden Administration Defends Alaska’s Willow Project in Court
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief yesterday with the U.S. District Court for Alaska defending the Willow project, a significant energy development within the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A) on Alaska's North Slope that has been halted by litigation. The Biden administration in January announced it would review the final Record of Decision (ROD) for the Willow Master Development Plan (MDP), approved in October of 2020 by the Trump administration, for consistency… Continue Reading
05.26.21
Senate Dems Block Sullivan Amendment to Protect Free Speech on College Campuses
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Senate today failed to pass, by a vote of 51 to 49, an amendment offered by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to S.1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a bill to commit tens of billions of dollars to bolstering U.S. leadership in emerging technology and innovation. Sullivan's amendment would have required America's colleges and universities that receive federal funding from the bill to submit letters, once a year to the National Science Foundation, stating their commitme… Continue Reading
05.26.21
Sullivan, Peters, and Cortez Masto Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Transportation Industry Workforce
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced today they have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to expand career opportunities throughout the transportation industry. The Promoting Service in Transportation Act would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to deploy public awareness campaigns highlighting job opportunities in the transportation sector to help fill existing and future workforce shortages. Compan… Continue Reading
05.26.21
Sullivan Urges Alaskans to Apply for New Marine Debris Foundation Board
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today encouraged Alaskans to apply to serve on the twelve-member Board of Directors of the newly-established Marine Debris Foundation, a charitable and nonprofit organization that will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other entities in addressing the global crisis of trash entering the ocean. The foundation was established by the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, authored by Sen. Sullivan and signed into law on December 1… Continue Reading
05.24.21
Alaska Tourism Restoration Act Signed Into Law
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) participated in a White House ceremony this afternoon as President Joe Biden signed their legislation, H.R. 1318, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA), into law. Their bill, which is strongly supported by Alaskans, provides cruise ships transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska a temporary fix under the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA). Due to the Can… Continue Reading
05.20.21
Alaska Congressional Delegation Successful in Fight to Create Path Forward for Alaska’s Tourism Industry
WASHINGTON-Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1318, theAlaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA). The legislation, led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, provides cruise ships transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska with a temporary fix under the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA). Due to the Canadian prohibition on passenger vessels traveling through Canadian waters, large cruise ship… Continue Reading
05.14.21
ICYMI: Sullivan Blasts Biden Energy Secretary for Condescending Response to Americans Struggling from Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack and Fuel Shortages
WASHINGTON-On Tuesday at a White House press briefing in response to the recent cyberattacks on the Colonial Pipeline and the resulting gas shortages, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said, "You know, if you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you, clearly." In a speech on the floor of the Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) criticized Sec. Granholm for her apparent lack of awareness of the high cost of electric vehicles for average Americans, that the U.S.… Continue Reading
05.14.21
Sullivan Reintroduces Bill to Protect Law Enforcement Heroes
WASHINGTON-In honor of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on Thursday reintroduced the Protect Our Heroes Act, legislation to make it a federal crime to assault or kill a public safety officer and add a penalty in the event an officer is lured to a location for an ambush attack. Sen. Sullivan also cosponsored the Probation Officer Protection Act, legislation that gives arrest authority to probation officers for third parties who assault, re… Continue Reading
05.14.21
Alaska Congressional Delegation Applauds Historic USDA Purchase of Seafood for Food Assistance Programs
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) approval of a Section 32 purchase of up to $159.4 million in domestically-produced seafood, fruits, legumes, and nuts for distribution to food assistance programs in Alaska and across the country. "Whether it is farmers, ranchers, food workers, seafood harvesters or others, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for A… Continue Reading
05.14.21
Sullivan Honors APD Chief Justin Doll as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, in honor of National Police Week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Justin Doll, the outgoing chief of the Anchorage Police Department (APD). Sen. Sullivan and Chief Doll served together in the Marine Corps Reserve, Company E, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion for five years in the 1990s. Doll is retiring after serving for 25 years with APD, and as the chief of the department since 2017. Sen. Sullivan recognized Doll as part of his s… Continue Reading