Press Releases
Senators Murkowski and Sullivan Comment on Army Corps Decision on Pebble Mine
Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced that the Pebble mine project in southwest Alaska cannot be permitted as currently proposed. The Corps released its decision after finding the project would likely result in significant environmental degradation and have significant adverse effects on the Bristol Bay ecosystem. Senator Murkowski released the following… Continue Reading
08.21.20
Alaska Delegation Responds to Postmaster General re: Bypass Mail Program
ANCHORAGE, AK - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statement in response to the Postmaster General's testimony today regarding Alaska's bypass mail program: "We must be clear: the USPS is a vital lifeline to countless Alaskans, from our population centers to the farthest reaches of our vast state. Throughout the years, the Alaska delegation has defended mail delivery to rural Alaska. We've done it before and we'll do it again. Simply … Continue Reading
08.20.20
Alaska LNG Project Secures Final Authorization to Export Natural Gas
Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final, unconditional order authorizing the Alaska LNG project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). Murkowski participated in a video teleconference with DOE Deputy Secretary Mark Menezes, DOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steve Winberg, and Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) President Frank Rich… Continue Reading
08.17.20
Major Milestone for Alaska’s 1002 Area: BLM Issues Record of Decision for Oil and Gas Program
Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its Record of Decision (ROD) for an oil and gas program in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). "This is a capstone moment in our decades-long push to allow for the responsible development of a small part of Alaska's 1002 Area. I appreciate the significant wo… Continue Reading
08.14.20
Alaska Delegation Welcomes Final Environmental Impact Statement for Willow Project
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) final Environmental Impact Statement for the Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). "As Alaskans work to rebuild our economy, it's essential for significant projects to make steady progress through the permitting process," said Murkowski, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources… Continue Reading
08.10.20
ICYMI: U.S. Department of Commerce Announces $1.65 Million in CARES Act Funding to Boost Alaska Economic Development Programs
KETCHIKAN, AK - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) this weekend welcomed an announcement by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.65 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to six EDA Economic Development Districts and Alaska Native planning organizations across Alaska to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Sullivan attended an a… Continue Reading
08.07.20
Sullivan Honors Julia Bevins as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Julia Bevins, of Homer, who founded the world-renowned International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA). Julia founded the IBA with the life insurance funds received from the passing of her late husband, John, whose plane was lost in 1990 on a polar bear research trip with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The IBA has grown to 550 members from more than 60 countries, and has… Continue Reading
08.06.20
Sullivan Posts Three New Legislative Wins for Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), welcomed the committee's passage yesterday of two pieces of his legislation addressing veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during their service, and the Senate's unanimous passage on July 30 of his Highly Rural Veteran Transportation Program Extension Act, a bill to increase access to care for veterans living in remote parts of the country. "In the past few months,… Continue Reading
08.05.20
Committee Unanimously Advances Sullivan-Manchin Veterans Burn Pit Exposure Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), today thanked members of the committee for passing S. 2950, the Veterans Burn Pit Exposure Recognition Act of 2019, their legislation to address 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 act would recognize … Continue Reading
07.31.20
Sullivan, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Struggling Ports Stay Afloat Amid Coronavirus Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce's Subcommittee on Security, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) teamed up today to introduce legislation to help ports weather the coronavirus pandemic and future disasters. The bipartisan Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act (MTSERA)would establish a first-of-its-kind comprehensive maritime emergency relief authority to provide critical financial assistance so the U.S. Maritime Transportatio… Continue Reading
07.31.20
ICYMI: Sullivan Chairs Hearing on Chinese Threats to American Economic Competitiveness
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Continuing his leadership efforts to address the non-reciprocal economic relationship between the United States and China, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday chaired a hearing of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security entitled "The China Challenge: Realignment of U.S. Economic Policies to Build Resiliency and Competitiveness." The hearing examined topics related to the Chinese Communist Party's unfair trade practices, intellectual property theft, and market ma… Continue Reading
07.30.20
Sullivan Decries Minority’s Block of Extension of Federal Unemployment Benefits
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke on the Senate floor this afternoon highlighting Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) obstruction of legislation put forth earlier today to extend the current federal unemployment benefits for one week, while the Senate and the House continue to debate the next package of COVID-19 pandemic relief. Currently, the $600 per week increase in unemployment benefits are scheduled to expire on July 31. # # #… Continue Reading
07.24.20
Sullivan Honors Alaskans of the Week: Young Aniak Rescuers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized five young Alaskans who rescued four people from a crashed Alaska Division of Forestry plane in a lake near Aniak in late May. The young men-Dylan Nicholson, 13 years old, Trevor Morgan and Mason Dallmann, both 17, A.J. Simeon, 19, and Skye Morgan, 18-sprung into action and saved lives upon coming across the crash site. Senator Sullivan recognized them as part of his series, "Alaskan of … Continue Reading
07.23.20
Sullivan, Senate Pass Strong FY 2021 Defense Authorization
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today voted with 85 of his colleagues to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, which authorizes $740.5 billion in critical defense spending and includes numerous Arctic and Alaska priorities championed by Sullivan. Provisions secured by Sullivan include $193 million in military spending for Alaska, a new "Ted Stevens Arctic Center for Security Studies" in A… Continue Reading
07.23.20
Delegation: Ambler Access Project Will Aid Alaska’s Economy, Domestic Mineral Security
Washington, DC - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road project (Ambler Road)."Federal approval of the Ambler Road is both timely and significant for Alaska's future," Senator Murkowski said. "This project will provide the access needed to responsibly develop a number of high-grade mineral d… Continue Reading
07.22.20
Sullivan, Whitehouse Testify on Marine Debris Crisis, SOS 2.0 Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) testified yesterday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (SFOPS) regarding U.S. efforts to combat the global marine debris crisis and the Save Our Seas (SOS) 2.0 Act, legislation introduced by Sullivan, Whitehouse and Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) that passed the Senate in January and is under consideration by the House. "With more coastline tha… Continue Reading
07.21.20
Sullivan Commends Air Force on “Most Robust” Arctic Strategy to Date
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, today commended the U.S. Air Force for releasing the first service-specific strategy for the Arctic. The Air Force's Arctic Strategy document, which builds on the Department of Defense's (DOD) Arctic Strategy, released in June 2019, and the National Defense Strategy (NDS), released in 2018, lays out an expansion of the comp… Continue Reading
07.20.20
Alaska Delegation Welcomes $5.3 Million in CARES Act Funding to Help Small Businesses Across Alaska Respond to COVID-19
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) today welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.3 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to the State of Alaska to administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to provide critical financing for small businesses and entrepreneurs across the state that have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "Alaskan… Continue Reading
07.17.20
Sullivan Lauds Provider Relief Funding for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
ANCHORAGE, AK - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today commented on much-needed funding received by Fairbanks Memorial Hospital as a result of a special carve-out intended to capture overlooked rural facilities that have been advocated for by Senator Sullivan, his team, and the staff of Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. "Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a critical health care institution in our state," said Senator Sullivan. "The hospital is a sole community hospital, meaning the community would l… Continue Reading
07.16.20
ICYMI: Air Force Secretary Visits Eielson, Clear, Utqiagvik & Kotzebue
North Pole, Alaska - Last week, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) hosted Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Barbara Barrett for her second visit to Alaska this year. The senators and Secretary Barrett extensively toured the 354th Fighter Wing, including the 18th Aggressor Squadron and the newly-formed 356th Fighter Squadron, at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) and the 213th Space Warning Squadron at Clear Air Force Station (AFS). Senator Sullivan then joined Secretary Barret… Continue Reading