WASHNGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement on China’s military exercises in the Taiwan Strait: “These very aggressive maneuvers by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the Taiwan Strait are dangerous and unacceptable. It is another reminder that we have entered a new era […]
WASHINGTON—The United States Senate last night unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan, Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) designating August 16, 2022 as National Airborne Day. The resolution calls on all Americans to observe the day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. The resolution also adds language acknowledging the recent re-activation […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today was joined by all of his voting Republican colleagues and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in passing his legislation to overturn the Biden administration’s “National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations Revisions.” The Biden rule will bog down the already-onerous federal permitting process and add further delay to vital infrastructure projects that […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today voted to ratify a resolution of advice and consent for the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). For new members to join the NATO alliance, every existing member must approve […]
WASHINGTON—Following today’s press conference on efforts by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to nullify the Biden administration’s recently promulgated and onerous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Regulations Revisions through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, Senator Sullivan’s press office released a list of organizations supporting the resolution.Sullivan’s resolution is supported by all 49 Senate Republicans. The names and statements (where applicable) of the groups supporting […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 25 of his colleagues—including Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), yesterday announced he intends to hold three senior Biden administration Defense Department nominees in response to the administration’s decision in February to stall the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road project in Alaska. The nominees will be in charge of the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) celebrated today’s passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 on the Senate floor. The legislation includes key victories for Alaska infrastructure, including increased cost-sharing for the Nome Arctic Deep Draft Port (resulting in […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding over $116 million to improve high-speed internet access in numerous Alaska villages and communities. These grants were made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), led by Senator Murkowski. The grants come through USDA’s ReConnect Program, which aims to provide […]
WASHINGTON—Following the announcement by the Bureau of Economic Analysis that U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.9% in this year’s second quarter, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement: “According to Biden’s own National Economic Council Director, today’s GDP numbers indicate we are in a recession,” Sen. Sullivan said. “I find it extremely concerning […]