ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today sent a letter urging President Donald Trump to approve Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R-Alaska) request for a federal disaster declaration in response to the devastation of communities in Western Alaska, particularly throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, from the remnants of Typhoon […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today applauded the announcement of a new agreement between the United States and Finland to build up to four advanced polar icebreakers. The $6.1 billion agreement will mark a significant expansion of U.S. icebreaking capacity as Russia and China continue to expand their military and commercial presence in the Arctic. […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 50 to 46, today passed Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski’s (both R-Alaska) joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden administration’s Central Yukon Resource Management Plan (CYRMP) Record of Decision (ROD), issued in November of 2024. The Biden-era CYRMP ignored the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) celebrated the Senate’s unanimous passage yesterday of his bill, the Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition (ARTIST) Act, which protects the legal rights of Alaska Native artists using walrus ivory in traditional handicrafts, art, ceremonial regalia, and clothing. In recent years, several states have enacted overly broad ivory bans […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after President Donald J. Trump issued a determination re-approving the Ambler Access Project in Alaska. President Trump made his decision in accordance with the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which allows the project’s applicant, the […]
WASHINGTON—In several media interviews this week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) urged his Senate Democratic colleagues to support a clean, bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to open the federal government. In conversations with Hugh Hewitt on his nationally syndicated radio show, Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg TV, and Amy Demboski on 650 KENI, Sen. Sullivan called the […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed Senator Dan Sullivan’s (R-Alaska) resolution affirming October 1st as national Choose Respect Day, coinciding with the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The resolution, building on Sen. Sullivan’s Choose Respect Act, signed into law in 2022, highlights the urgent need to promote safety, respect, and healthy relationships—particularly among adolescents […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement regarding Senate Democrats voting to shut down the federal government this evening. “Tonight, I voted with my Republican and Democrat colleagues for a short-term, nonpartisan continuing resolution (CR) to keep our government open, fund our essential services, support our military, and ensure federal workers are paid. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), today welcomed a grant of up to $16,712,172 awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) to the State of Alaska for the establishment of the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sen. Sullivan and his […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), through the Federal Highway Administration, has redistributed a record-setting $183.4 million in federal funds to the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. These funds will be used to deliver infrastructure projects that strengthen highway safety, preserve pavement, and improve […]