WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) sent a letter yesterday to President Joe Biden urging him to expeditiously approve Alaska Governor Michael Dunleavy’s (R-Alaska) request for a Major Disaster declaration to support Western Alaska’s recovery from the impact of Typhoon Merbok on Alaskan families, homes, businesses, schools, and infrastructure. “This was […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete the permitting process for the Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) by the end of the year, in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Committee, and his committee colleagues voted this week to approve the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, reauthorizing the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Sen. Sullivan championed an increase in appropriation levels that will enable the Coast Guard to […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), yesterday criticized President Joe Biden for again proposing an inflation-adjusted cut to the Department of Defense, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for failing to quickly bring the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the floor for a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and 21 other Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) demanding the Senate vote on the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) before the end of September. The House of Representatives approved its version […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) were joined by 10 other Republican senators in sending a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the secretary to withdraw a recently proposed Title IX rule that pushes far-left gender ideology on schools receiving federal financial assistance. The senators argued that the rule […]
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va) and 43 of his Republican colleagues in introducing the Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act, comprehensive federal regulatory permitting and project review reform legislation. “I have been an avid supporter […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement after the August 2022 Consumer Price Index (CPI) revealed inflation rose 13.2 percent since Joe Biden took office in January 2021. “Today’s inflation numbers are another reminder of the economic pains this administration has unleashed on hard-working American families. Most concerning of all is that, as Americans struggle to […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today attended the official swearing-in ceremony for Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Alaska’s newly-elected Congresswoman, who will serve the remainder of the late Congressman Don Young’s term. Following the event, the Senators released the following statements. “I congratulate Congresswoman Peltola on her swearing-in and welcome her, not only […]
ANCHORAGE—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement congratulating Mary Peltola on winning the special election to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives: “I congratulate Mary Peltola on winning the special election to serve out the remaining term of the late, great Congressman Don Young. The three-person Alaska congressional delegation has a long and distinguished […]