Press Releases
Sullivan on Saudi Arabia’s Commitment to Additional Oil Production Cut
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement on the announcement that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be cutting an additional one million barrels of oil in daily production. This reduction is in addition to the significant decreases that Saudi Arabia agreed to on April 12 following pressure from Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Sullivan, who in March introduced legislation to remove U.S. troops and weapons systems from the Kingdom. Once all of the re… Continue Reading
05.13.20
ICYMI: Sullivan Talks to Defense News about Military Strength in the Arctic
WASHINGTON, DC - Defense News recently featured a wide-ranging interview with U.S. Senator Sullivan (R-Alaska) about military strength in the Arctic. The Q&A included questions about the change in the Pentagon's stance about the Arctic as an area of strategic importance, the military build-up in Alaska, the need for a strategic Arctic port in Alaska, and the "complete no-brainer" for Alaska to be the home for the KC-46 bed down" "A former Alaska attorney general and Marine Corps officer," t… Continue Reading
05.12.20
Sullivan, Trump Discuss CARES Act Flexibility for States, Municipalities & Tribes
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) attended a meeting at the White House today with President Donald Trump, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, and a group of Republican senators to discuss several legislative proposals to grant states and local governments flexibility to use relief funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Last Thursday, Sullivan introduced the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act, which would allow the Coronavirus Re… Continue Reading
05.11.20
ICYMI: Sullivan Presses Senior DOD Nominees on KC-46 Basing & the Arctic
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a hearing last Thursday questioned several senior Department of Defense (DOD) nominees on priorities important to Alaska, including the basing of the KC-46 tanker aircraft, the need for a strategic Arctic port, and legislative efforts to establish a "Ted Stevens Arctic Center for Security Studies" within the DOD. Sullivan also asked the nominees to commit to coming to Alaska in their new ro… Continue Reading
05.08.20
Sullivan Honors Alaskan of the Week: Kyle Hopkins
WASHINGTON, DC - On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Kyle Hopkins, a journalist at the Anchorage Daily News and the recipient of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The prize was awarded for the 17-story series, "Lawless," about the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, with a focus on sexual assault. The series combined dogged reporting, meticulous fact-checking, and was written with the utmost sensitivity that a subject like this r… Continue Reading
05.08.20
Members of Congress to Trump: Don’t Let Big Banks Discriminate Against Energy Sector
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Congressmen Don Young (R-Alaska) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) led a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging the administration to take action against large American financial institutions that discriminate against American energy companies and their workers-who are being hit very hard during the coronavirus pandemic. For decades, such financial institutions have received significant federal government support, … Continue Reading
05.07.20
Senators Aim to Give States, Cities Greater Flexibility with COVID-19 Relief Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)have introduced the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act, legislation that would allow the federal relief funds provided to local governments in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to be used to replace revenue shortfalls resulting from the pandemic. The legislation would appl… Continue Reading
05.06.20
Sullivan Lauds Progress on Maritime, Rural Water & Sewer Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined his colleagues today in unanimously advancing two major bipartisan pieces of legislation-S.3591, the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (AWIA) andS.3590, the Drinking Water Infrastructure Act of 2020 (DWIA)-out of the committee, which include a new $250 million water infrastructure grant program and support for a deep-water port in Nome, Alaska, both author… Continue Reading
05.06.20
Republicans and Democrats Urge the Trump Administration to Fund Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), along with 22 of their colleagues, urged the Trump administration to fund behavioral health centers that provide treatment to Americans with mental health and substance use disorders. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, behavioral health services are needed now more than ever while funding is being reduced. In a letter, the senators asked the administration to sup… Continue Reading
05.04.20
Alaska Delegation Welcomes $20 Million USDA Purchase of Alaska Pollock
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Alaska Congressional Delegation welcomed a $20 million purchase of Alaska Pollock by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Section 32 program. "The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and severely impacted industries throughout our economy, including Alaska's vibrant seafood sector," said the Alaska Congressional Delegation. "Food security across our country is essential in these unprecedented times. Alaska produces 60 percent of Am… Continue Reading
05.04.20
Ross Commits to Evaluating All Federal Authorities to Secure America’s Energy Independence After Urging By Inhofe, Sullivan and Cramer
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) spoke with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross this past week about their position that we need to apply tariffs, including 232 national security tariffs, to oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Russia as a result of their anticompetitive behavior. This is Sen. Inhofe's second call with Secretary Ross since his March 18 letter. "Saudi Arabia and Russia's continued dumping of crude is having lasting and d… Continue Reading
05.01.20
Sullivan, Van Hollen Recognize U.S. Foreign Service Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), co-founders of the Senate Foreign Service Caucus, are introducing a resolution designating May 1, 2020 as "United States Foreign Service Day" in recognition of the men and women who have served, or are presently serving, in the Foreign Service of the United States and honoring the members of the Foreign Service who have given their lives in the line of duty. Foreign Service Day has been celebrated on the first… Continue Reading
04.27.20
Alaska Delegation Welcomes CARES Act Seasonal-Worker Rule Fix
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) today welcomed a rule change released by the Treasury Departmentthat enables seasonal businesses, to choose a different 12-week expense period when applying for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, a period that more accurately reflects their operating payroll. The Alaska Congressional Delegation has pressed the Trump administration for weeks, including in multiple conversations with P… Continue Reading
04.25.20
Delegation Statement on Reductions in Alaska North Slope Production
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, released the following statement after Alyeska, the consortium that owns and operates the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, announced the temporary proration of North Slope crude oil production. "The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price war have hit Alaska hard-prompting some difficult decisions. We have been in constant communication with Alyeska and our North Slope operators, an… Continue Reading
04.24.20
ICYMI: Sullivan, President Trump Denounce Big Banks Targeting Energy Sector
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today participated in a ceremony at the White House where President Donald Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act into law, which replenishes the funding for several of the pandemic relief programs initiated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, among other measures. After the signing ceremony, President Trump and Senator Sullivan also addressed the challenges facing America's … Continue Reading
04.23.20
ICYMI: Sullivan Calls on ‘Woke’ Banks to Stop Discriminating Against Energy Industry
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined Stuart Varney yesterday on Fox Business Network to discuss the severe supply and demand shocks hitting the energy industry in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, and efforts by banks and certain politicians to further harm the oil & gas sector, which supports thousands of jobs in Alaska. TRANSCRIPT VARNEY: Alaska Senator Republican Dan Sullivan is with us now. Mr. Senator, welcome to the show. SULLIVAN: Good morni… Continue Reading
04.23.20
Sullivan Secures Coast Guard’s Priority Access to DOD Child Care
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, today thanked the Department of Defense (DOD) for amending a policy that hindered U.S. Coast Guard members' access to DOD child care programs. On February 21, Defense Secretary Mark Esper issued a memorandum establishing a tiered priority system for military members' access to DOD child care services, with active duty Coast Guard members ranking below other DOD active duty personnel, … Continue Reading
04.21.20
Senate Passes Additional Coronavirus Relief Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-AK), today applauded unanimous Senate passage of a coronavirus relief package totaling $484 billion, which provides additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), COVID-19 testing, and added support for hospitals. The purpose of the majority of this funding is to provide a boost to programs that were previously authorized and funded from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act which was … Continue Reading
04.21.20
Alaska Delegation Celebrates Arrival of F-35s at Eielson AFB
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) today welcomed the arrival of the first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Eielson Air Force Base in Interior, Alaska. Fifty-four F-35As and roughly 1,300 personnel will be based at Eielson by the end of 2021. "The arrival of the first F-35s is truly an exciting day for our military, Interior Alaska, and for our state as a whole. This has been a long time effort by the Alaska Congres… Continue Reading
04.17.20
Sullivan, Carper Applaud New NIH Effort to Accelerate Treatment, Vaccine “Manhattan Project”
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Tom Carper (D-Del.) applauded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) on the launch of a new public-private partnership designed to accelerate the development of vaccines and treatment for COVID-19. Last month, Sullivan and Carper, along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), led a group of bipartisan senators in calling on the Trump Administration to bring tog… Continue Reading