WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today voted against a resolution supporting a federal “Green New Deal.” The resolution was originally introduced in early February in the House by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and in the Senate by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the resolution up for a vote […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) yesterday introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate marking the 30th anniversary of the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The collision of the Exxon Valdez tanker with Bligh Reef in the early morning of March 24, 1989 resulted in the release of roughly eleven million gallons of […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today introduced the Spill Response and Prevention Surety Act, legislation to modify and permanently reauthorize the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. The fund was established under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to ensure the federal government is able to pay for the swift removal of spilled oil and compensate […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the successful “salvo” test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of our missile defense system. During this salvo test, two Ground-based Interceptors (GBIs) launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base were fired at a single threat-representative ICBM target, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke yesterday on the Senate floor to recognize Pete Kaiser, of Bethel, who won the 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 9 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes, and 6 seconds. Kaiser is the first person from Bethel, the fifth Alaska Native, and the first person of Yupik […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Congressman Don Young (R-AK) this week introduced the Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act, in the House and the Senate. The legislation would preempt states from banning walrus ivory, whale bone, and other marine mammal products that have been legally carved by Alaska […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after voting today against the resolution of disapproval. “For weeks, I have extensively studied this emergency declaration—the underlying crisis, historical uses of executive authority, the statutes invoked by the President, and the role of Congress under our Constitution. After much reflection, I have concluded […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today thanked President Donald J. Trump for signing S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The legislation includes a version of Senator Sullivan’s Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. This provision will allow several thousand Alaska Natives who served during the Vietnam era (or their heirs) to […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Steve Daines (R-MT), Martha McSally (R-AZ), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2019, a bill that would codify the Judicial Conference’s most recent recommendations as well as other important measures to enhance the effectiveness of the federal judiciary. The legislation would authorize 56 […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) convened the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Security for the first time as chairman. The hearing examined the security implications of China’s harmful practices in the marketplace, including issues of manufacturing competitiveness, intellectual property (IP) challenges, data localization requirements, standards-setting, and cybersecurity threats. The conversation is relevant as […]