ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to be Secretary of the Department of the Interior. “I’m pleased to see that President-elect Trump chose someone for Interior Secretary from a Western state who has been a strong advocate for energy […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today in reaction to reports that China has installed weapons systems on contested islands in the South China Sea. “Despite promises to halt cyber-attacks and discontinue its theft of U.S. intellectual property, and assurances that […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, applauded the Senate’s December 10th passage of the Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2016. The legislation reauthorizes NOAA’s Marine Debris Program and provides for a new funding mechanism to respond to clean-up efforts from a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – On Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Ensuring Access to Fisheries Act. The bipartisan legislation, introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), will implement treaties ratified by the Senate two years ago to better manage certain fisheries in the North and South Pacific, and […]
WASHINGTON, DC – This past weekend, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) voted in favor of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016 (WIIN), which includes several key provisions vital to Alaska’s water and infrastructure future, and encourages the development of a future deep-water Arctic port. The bill passed the Senate by a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate retired General John Kelly to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. “I applaud President-elect Trump on his choice to nominate General John Kelly, a man of great integrity, to be the next Secretary of the Department […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Alaska Congressional Delegation spoke out against an Executive Order by President Obama creating a “Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area” for over 112,000 square miles off Alaska’s western coast, in addition to withdrawing 40,300 square miles of federal waters from oil and natural gas leasing. “This is the first time […]
Mr. President, the holidays are nearly upon us. It is the time when Christmas cheer descends on us, when hearts open and we reach out to our neighbors, friends, and even strangers, particularly those who are in need. Today I want to reach out to the police force in Alaska. These men and women put […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Forest Service released its Final Record of Decision (ROD) to amend the Tongass Land Management Plan (plan). “By finalizing a new plan on its way out of office, the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 91 of his Senate colleagues in passing the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The FY 2017 NDAA – continuing the 55-year bipartisan tradition of passing this bill – authorizes […]