WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today released the following message after meeting with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Below is a transcript of Senator Sullivan’s statement: Hello, Alaska. I just came out of a meeting with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, last week introduced new legislation, the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act, in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The legislation is supported by Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, also R-Alaska, and would resolve the University of Alaska’s (University) unfulfilled land […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Saturday, President Donald Trump published a Tweet announcing a forthcoming permit for the A2A Railway project that would connect Alaska with the Canadian province of Alberta, a story covered in the Anchorage Daily News. President Trump attributed his decision to the advocacy of U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (both R-Alaska). The 1,600-mile-long project […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young (all R-Alaska) today commented on a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit determining Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) are ineligible for tribal assistance appropriated by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The ruling overturns an earlier […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Tongass-specific Roadless Rule. The final EIS includes six alternatives, with a full exemption selected as the preferred alternative. “The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today released the following statement regarding the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. “The historical precedent and principle of an election year nomination to the Supreme Court, dating back to the founding of our republic, is that the Senate has generally confirmed a President’s nominee from its own […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed an announcement yesterday by Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette that the Department of Energy (DOE) will be reestablishing its Arctic Energy Office (AEO) on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). The AEO will drive coordination and collaboration on DOE’s many activities in the Arctic region […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine) applauded the committee’s unanimous passage today of S.3831, the Visit America Act, introduced by the senators in June. The bill would set a visitation goal of 116 million annual international travelers to the United States by 2028, formally authorize the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, thanked his committee colleagues today for advancing the Empowering Rural Economies Through Alaska Native Sustainable Arts and Handicrafts Act, Sullivan’s bill to preempt states from banning walrus ivory, whale bone, and other marine mammal products that have been legally carved by […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today praised the signing of the Abraham Accords, agreements in which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Kingdom of Bahrain normalized diplomatic relations with Israel. The accords were signed in a ceremony at the White House by President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister […]