WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, this week voted with all his colleagues to advance the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 from committee with a number of significant provisions for Alaska. These include provisions providing continued funding for water and sewer infrastructure in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today celebrated an announcement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that the Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative (ACMC), led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), has been selected as one of the new NSF Regional Innovation Engines. The designation could bring up to $160 million in funding to Alaska over […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today applauded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) approval of a permit to facilitate construction of a life-saving road between the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska and nearby Cold Bay. The one-lane gravel connector will provide reliable transportation access […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, this week secured a new exemption to the animal product policy of Etsy that will allow Alaska Native craftsmen to continue selling fur items on the online crafts marketplace. The new policy, which goes into effect on August 11, […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee, today welcomed an announcement that Mackenzie “Mac” Spurlock, a diesel mechanic and small business owner from Wasilla, has received a presidential pardonafter being convicted by overzealous federal prosecutors for modifying emissions systems on diesel engines for Alaska businesses […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, this week introduced the Bycatch Reduction Act, an updated version of bycatch legislation Sen. Sullivan introduced last year that incorporates extensive input from Alaska stakeholders. The legislation is an outgrowth of Sen. Sullivan’s Alaska Salmon Task Force Act, which was […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today announced that his Alaska National Guard Rural Community Revival Act, a landmark piece of legislation designed to modernize National Guard infrastructure and personnel strategy in the nation’s most strategic and remote regions, with a primary focus on the Arctic, has […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and his fellow Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) colleagues last week advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) out of committee by a bipartisan vote of 18 to 9. The $1.15 trillion legislation includes 56 provisions and amendments authored by Sen. Sullivan. It authorizes a historic $2.6 […]
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today welcomed Senate passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, comprehensive legislation to increase housing supply, cut regulatory barriers, and expand homeownership opportunities across the country, including in Alaska’s rural and urban communities. “Wherever I am in Alaska, whether in our rural communities or more urban areas, […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), today welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Coast Guard that a fourth icebreaker, an Arctic Security Cutter, will be homeported in Alaska—on top of the two Arctic Security Cutters announced in April and the Coast Guard Cutter Storis, a retrofitted commercially available […]