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Sullivan Receives Disabled American Veterans’ Legislator of the Year Award
WASHINGTON, DC - Disabled American Veterans (DAV), a more than one million member veterans service organization (VSO), this week presented U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) with its 2020 Outstanding Senate Legislator of the Year Award. Earlier today, Sullivan, a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, heard from the DAV national leadership in a committee hearing on the organization's legislative priorities for the coming year. DAV has identified the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recogn… Continue Reading
02.24.20
Sullivan’s POWER Act Leads to 100 Pro Bono Legal Summits in 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today welcomed a report from the Administrative Office of the United States Courts detailing 100 public events promoting pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault that were held in 2019 in 86 judicial districts across the country in accordance with the Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act, Sullivan's legislation that was signed into law in 2018. The POWER Act mandates that each year for four y… Continue Reading
02.14.20
NORTHCOM Commander Highlights Alaska’s Importance to Homeland Defense
WASHINGTON, DC - In a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) received strong support for Arctic and Alaska-specific defense priorities from General Terrance O'Shaughnessy, the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) commander, and Admiral Charles Richard, the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) commander. During the hearing, General O'Shaughnessy agreed with many of Senator Sullivan's Arctic priorities, including the need for additional missile … Continue Reading
02.13.20
Delegation Responds to Misguided Letter Seeking to Undermine Investment in Alaska
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, sent a letter this week to the chief executives of 11 major banks in response to a misguided letter that a number of their Democratic colleagues sent in late January. The delegation's letter calls out mischaracterizations being made as part of an effort to deter investment in responsible energy production in a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Below is an excerpt from the letter: "U… Continue Reading
02.12.20
Senate Confirms Joshua Kindred to Serve as Alaska District Court Judge
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, with the support of U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), the U.S. Senate confirmed Joshua Kindred to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the District of Alaska. Before the confirmation vote, Senators Murkowski and Sullivan spoke on the Senate floor in support of Kindred's confirmation. "Josh Kindred's experience in civil, criminal, and administrative law, at both the state and federal levels, in both the public sector as well as th… Continue Reading
02.11.20
Sullivan, Van Hollen Introduce China Reciprocity Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced the True Reciprocity Act of 2020, legislation to address the substantial imbalance in the relationship between the United States and China across a number of sectors, including diplomacy, trade, communications, and education. Specifically, the legislation directs the Trump administration to develop an in-depth report to Congress detaili… Continue Reading
02.11.20
Sullivan Applauds $20 Million Infrastructure Development Grant for Port of Alaska
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $20 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant to the Port of Alaska, located in Anchorage. "I want to thank Secretary Chao for recognizing the dire state of one of Alaska's most important pieces of infrastructure and heeding the call of Alaskans by approving this much-needed PIDP grant," said Senator Sullivan. "The Port of Alaska not only serve… Continue Reading
02.06.20
Sullivan Decries Senate Democrats’ Efforts to Block ANWR Development
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, rebuked 16 of his Democratic colleagues in a committee hearing yesterday for signing onto a letter to the heads of the nation's 15 largest banks that called on the banks to refrain from investing in Alaska's North Slope, particularly impending energy development within the non-wilderness 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). "I'm going to be a little pa… Continue Reading
02.05.20
Sullivan Votes “Not Guilty” on Two Articles of Impeachment
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today shared the following message with Alaskans after voting "not guilty" on the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. To read Senator Sullivan's full statement submitted to the Congressional Record, click here. VIDEO REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY: Greetings from Washington, D.C. I just came out of the final session of the Senate impeachment trial of the President of the United States. I want to begin by t… Continue Reading
02.05.20
Full Statement on the Senate Impeachment Proceedings
I. Introduction Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. The Democratic House Managers, who are prosecuting the case against the President, emphasized that history is watching. That is true. Every action taken by the House and the Senate during this impeachment sets a precedent for our country and our institutions of government-whether good or bad. For that reason, it is our job as Senators to look at the entire record of this… Continue Reading
02.05.20
Sullivan Reacts to President Trump’s State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after attending President Donald Trump's third State of the Union address: "Hey, Alaska. Good evening. I just came from the President's State of the Union address here in D.C. I had a special guest with me at the State of the Union. This year, it was Matt Alward-the president of United Fishermen of Alaska. I was honored to take him around, having him meet a bunch of my Senate colleagues and talk about h… Continue Reading
02.28.19
Blumenthal, Boozman, Sullivan, Hirono & Brown Introduce the Reach Every Veteran In Crisis Act
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) led U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in introducing legislation that would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to improve the operation, oversight, and evaluation of its suicide prevention media outreach campaigns. The Reach Every Veteran in Crisis Act adopts several recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which reported in D… Continue Reading
02.26.19
Sullivan, Udall, Ruiz, Wenstrup Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Burn Pit Registry
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representatives Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) and Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act, to strengthen and enhance the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) registry of service members and veterans who were exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes from open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. As early as 2002, U.S. military installations in Afghanistan and… Continue Reading
02.21.19
SPEECH: Address to the Alaska Legislature
President Giessel. Speaker Edgmon. Members of the House and Senate from the Great State of Alaska, thank you for inviting me to speak to you. Thanks also to each member of the Legislature and your staff for your service to our state. It's great to be home, back in this historic chamber. Much of my leadership team is here in the gallery today. Erik Elam, my legislative director, my senior advisor Amanda Coyne, Renee Reeve my state director. Dana Herndon is helping me here in Juneau. My chief of… Continue Reading
02.21.19
Tester, Sullivan, Udall, Murkowski Team Up to Improve VA Outreach to Native American Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are teaming up to improve the VA's outreach, health care and benefits for Native Americans. The Senators introduced the bipartisan VA Tribal Advisory Committee Act to establish a VA Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs. The Committee will facilitate communication and understanding between the VA and Tribal governments to better address the unique barriers… Continue Reading
02.20.19
ICYMI: Congress Funds First Polar Icebreaker in Four Decades
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) applauded the Senate's passage of a major appropriations package last week that includes $655 million dedicated to the design and construction of a new heavy polar security cutter, $20 million to acquire long lead-time materials for a second polar security cutter, and $400 million for offshore patrol cutters and $340 million for fast response cutters, six of which will be based in Alaska. Additionally, the bill provides $53 million for shore-si… Continue Reading
02.14.19
Sullivan Votes to Confirm Barr as Attorney General
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after voting in support of William Barr to be the next Attorney General of the United States. "William Barr is one of the most-qualified candidates ever to be nominated as Attorney General, having served honorably in the same position in the George H.W. Bush administration," said Senator Sullivan. "Alaskans can take heart in knowing Mr. Barr is a firm, unwavering supporter of our Second Amendment rights and under… Continue Reading
02.13.19
Sullivan at Military Privatization Housing Oversight Hearing: “We Need to Fix the Program for Today and for the Future”
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), chairman of the Senate Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee, joined with the Senate Personnel Subcommittee to receive testimony from military family members, companies, and the Department of Defense on the current condition of privatized military housing, the problems military families have had to grapple with, and solutions to ensure military families have the best possible housing. The hearing comes on the heels of recent news report… Continue Reading
02.12.19
Sullivan Applauds Senate Passage of Lands Package
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) applauded the passage of S. 47, the National Resources Management Act, which included a version of Senator Sullivan's Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. This provision would allow several thousand Alaska Natives who served during the Vietnam-era to apply for their congressionally-promised Native allotment after they missed their initial opportunity to do so because of their service. "For decades, a special group of Alaska ve… Continue Reading
02.08.19
ICYMI: Sullivan Attends White House Launch of Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative
WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, U.S. Dan Senator Sullivan (R-AK) attended the launch of the Trump administration's Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative at the White House. The W-GDP Initiative, led by Ivanka Trump, is the first-ever whole-of-government approach focused on advancing women's full and free participation in the global economy. "We know that when women are empowered to participate in the economic futures of their home countries, stability and prosperity invariab… Continue Reading