WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today after U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley testified during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing that the 4-25 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (ABN) should not be removed from Alaska for at least another year. “General Milley’s testimony today confirms what I have […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today chaired a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard hearing entitled, “Magnuson–Stevens Act at 40: Successes, Challenges, and the Path Forward,” to examine the law’s impacts on managing the nation’s fisheries—its successes and possible areas of improvement. Following in the footsteps of Senator […]
WASHINGTON, DC – In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today on the status of U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea, Admiral Harry Harris, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command and General Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea shared Senator Dan Sullivan’s ongoing concerns about proposed reductions to the 4-25 Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Joint Base […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today released the following statement on the death of Justice Antonin Scalia: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia — one of the most influential jurists America has seen in a generation. As a young first year law student at Georgetown, I had the […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – Earlier this week, at the invitation of U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley travelled to Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (JBER) to review the 4-25 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). During his visit, General Milley and Senator Sullivan spoke with soldiers and senior leaders of Alaska’s 4-25, hearing their […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski introduced S. 2529, legislation that would strengthen the Buy American provisions within the National School Lunch program to require that fish and fish products served through the program have to be caught in U.S. waters, or in the case of tuna, caught by a U.S. flagged […]
WASHINGTON, DC —U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) applauded the Senate’s passage of H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, which is now headed to the President for his signature. The legislation will allow authorities to aggressively enforce U.S. trade laws, protect obligations gained under international trade agreements, and continue to strengthen U.S. intellectual property […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to issue a stay on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan: “I’m grateful that the court has halted this over-reaching jurisdictional expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority.” said Senator Sullivan. “We all want clean air […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today thanked President Obama for signing the Coast Guard Authorization Act, which supports the U.S. Coast Guard, and includes an important provision transferring federal land at Point Spencer to the State of Alaska and Bering Straits Native […]
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s FY 2017 budget proposal: “I appreciate that the President’s visit to Alaska is reflected in his budget. As he saw with his own eyes, an investment in Alaska’s Arctic is vital to our country’s interests. Although much […]