WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, today thanked his colleagues on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee for advancing the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017, legislation introduced by Senator Sullivan. “The men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today attended a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the health and safety of athletes, including issues of opioid abuse by athletes. Among the witnesses was Dr. Jay Butler, Alaska’s chief medical officer, current president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) visited the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on Tuesday evening in honor of National Police Week. The name of fallen Fairbanks Police Sergeant Allen Brandt was added to the memorial this week, along with the names of 163 other officers killed in the line of duty in […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke last week on the Senate floor in recognition of Sherry Bess, of Homer, who has spent nearly three decades caring for the community’s homeless and abandoned animals as manager of the Homer Animal Shelter. Bess was recognized as part of Senator Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan of the Week.” The following […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski released the following statement in advance of traveling to Fairbanks to attend the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, attended by foreign ministers of the eight Arctic nations, to celebrate the success of the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council and transfer the chairmanship to Finland. “All eyes will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today released the following statement regarding the firing of FBI Director James Comey. “President Trump has the authority to choose the director of the FBI whom he believes will best lead the agency. The timing of the president’s firing of Director Comey raises questions that will need […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has signed on as a co-sponsor of the Veterans Overmedication Prevention Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an independent expert study […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Heather Wilson. “As evidenced by the recent Russian long-range aviation flights, the U.S. Air Force is a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the Wednesday evening intercept of Russian bombers and fighter aircraft by U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighters within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. “The airmen of the U.S. Air Force’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement after voting in support of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, which funds the government through September 30, 2017. “While I continue to believe that the process by which we fund the government is fundamentally flawed, the bill we passed today will […]