Speeches
Sullivan Applauds Alaska Railroad, Urges Other Businesses to Retain Employees Pending Outcome of Litigation Over Biden’s Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in an interview today with Stu Varney on Fox Business Network, urged employers across the country not to fire their employees who are out of compliance with the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which Sullivan contends are unconstitutional. Sen. Sullivan applauded the Alaska Railroad Corporation for rescinding its initial vaccine mandate pending the outcome of legal challenges to President Biden's order. "We all want to put the C… Continue Reading
10.29.21
Sullivan, Shaheen, Capito and Murkowski Introduce POWER Act 2.0 to Combat Domestic Violence and Expand Pro Bono Legal Resources
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced legislation to permanently extend the authorization for the Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act. The POWER Act, which helps combat domestic violence and sexual assault by encouraging lawyers across the country to offer pro bono legal services to victims and survivors of these crimes, was originally signed into law in 2018, but is s… Continue Reading
10.29.21
Sullivan Honors Veteran Jim Schmidt as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Jim Schmidt, of Anchorage, who began a remarkable career of military service at just 14 years old when, in 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in World War II. After Schmidt was wounded in the Battle of Sicily, his mother sent a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt requesting her underage son be returned home. But shortly after returning home, Schmidt reenlisted at 16 years old, this time i… Continue Reading
10.27.21
Murkowski, Sullivan Introduce Bill to Establish Offshore Revenue Sharing for Alaska
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-AK, today introduced legislation to provide for equitable revenue sharing from energy production and development in Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf. The bill, Alaska Offshore Parity Act, will facilitate the establishment of a revenue sharing program for Alaska to provide parity with onshore and offshore development in the outer Continental Shelf. This program will provide support for onshore infrastructure for coastal communities… Continue Reading
10.26.21
Murkowski, Sullivan Thank Judge Burgess For Service to Alaska
WASHINGTON.- U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) issued the following statements after Judge Timothy Burgess announced his upcoming retirement from active service as a United States Judge for the District of Alaska, effective December 31, 2021. Judge Burgess has been chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska since 2015 and joined the court in 2006 after being nominated by then President George W. Bush. "Alaska has been fortunate to have Judge T… Continue Reading
10.21.21
Sullivan, Colleagues to President Biden: Stop the Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today sent a letter to President Joe Biden criticizing the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which the senators argue threaten the jobs and livelihoods of millions of hard-working Americans and lack precedent, legal a… Continue Reading
10.20.21
Murkowski, Sullivan Secure Extension on COVID Relief Dollars for Alaska Natives
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the Senate's passage last night of S.3011, the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, legislation that includes a provision the senators authored granting an extension until December 31, 2022 for tribes-including Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs)-to spend Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) resources from the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Econ… Continue Reading
10.08.21
Senators Introduce Bill to Improve Access to Justice in the West, Create New Twelfth Circuit
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) have introduced the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2021, a bill that would codify the Judicial Conference's most recent recommendations as well as other important measures to enhance the effectiveness of the federal judiciary. The legislation would authorize 77 permanent district court judgeships, convert nine temporary district court judgeshi… Continue Reading
10.01.21
Sullivan Criticizes Senate Democrats for Confirming Eco-Terrorist Stone-Manning as BLM Director
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday voted against confirming Tracy Stone-Manning as director of the Bureau of Land Management. Her nomination was ultimately confirmed by a vote of 50 to 45. For months, Sen. Sullivan has strongly opposed Stone-Manning's nomination due to her disturbing involvement with eco-terrorists during her time working for EarthFirst!, a violent environmental group, and her misrepresentations about her involvement during her confirmation hearings. Sull… Continue Reading
10.01.21
Sullivan Honors Alaska State Trooper Anne Sears as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Anne Sears-originally from Nome, Alaska, and now living in Wasilla-an Alaska state trooper who retired yesterday after several decades of dedicated service to Alaskans. Trooper Sears, the first and only Alaska Native female state trooper, was inspired to follow a career in public safety beginning as a clerk for the Juneau Police Department. Her career as a trooper took her to all corners of Alaska, i… Continue Reading
09.30.21
Sullivan: “Democrats Are in Disarray” on $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Spree
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) said yesterday that "Democrats are in disarray" regarding their plan to advance a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. In his interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network, Sen. Sullivan also criticized Senate Democrats for not holding a single committee hearing or mark-up in advance of a vote, providing the American people with no transparency on this largest-in-a-generation spending package. On Monday, Sen. Sullivan spoke on the Senate f… Continue Reading
09.29.21
ICYMI: Sullivan Reacts to Tense Afghanistan Hearing with General Milley, Secretary Austin
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke with Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Primetime last night and Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network this morning regarding the senator's tense exchanges in a SASC hearing with General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the total lack of accountability within the Biden administration for the botched withdrawal of U.S. forces and citi… Continue Reading
09.28.21
Sullivan Demands Answers, Accountability from Senior Biden & Pentagon Officials Following Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal in Tense Hearing
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) today, demanded accountability from the most senior military leaders and defense officials in the Biden administration for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that left hundreds of Americans and thousands of America's Afghan allies stranded, and has resulted in a safe haven for global terrorism in the country once again. Sen. Sullivan first asked each of the witnesses about President… Continue Reading
09.28.21
Sullivan, Risch and Colleagues Introduce Comprehensive Afghanistan Legislation
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), along with 21 of their Senate colleagues, yesterday introduced the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the Biden administration's rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. "The consequences of President Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan are devastating: The faith of our allies has weakened, our adversaries have been em… Continue Reading
09.21.21
Sullivan, Schatz, Murkowski, Hirono Introduce Bill to Make Cost-Of-Living Adjustment For Alaska, Hawaii Nursing Facilities
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i) today reintroduced legislation that will provide for fair Medicare payments for nursing facilities in Hawai'i and Alaska. The bipartisan Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act will authorize a cost-of-living adjustment at skilled nursing facilities in those states to take into account the higher costs of delivering care. "As the largest state in the coun… Continue Reading
09.17.21
Sullivan, Rubio, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Designate Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) were joined by Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in introducing the Preventing Recognition of Terrorist States Act, which directs the U.S. secretary of state to designate the illegitimate "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" as a state sponsor of terrorism, and the Taliban as a terrorist organization. The bill would also impose sanctions agains… Continue Reading
09.16.21
Sullivan, Braun, Hagerty, Marshall, Lee Oppose Biden Vaccine Mandate and Demand Congressional Review
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), along with Congressman Fred Keller (R-Pa.), are demanding congressional review of President Biden's recent vaccine mandate on private employees before it goes into effect. Last week, President Joe Biden issued vaccine and testing mandates for private businesses with more than 100 employees, affecting more than 80 million Americans and threatening $14,000 f… Continue Reading
09.15.21
Sullivan, Lee & Tuberville Introduce Bill Requiring Senate Vote for CDC Director
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) yesterday introduced the Restoring Trust in Public Health Act, which would require that nominees for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) be confirmed by the United States Senate. Recently, the CDC has impacted the lives of hundreds of millions of Americans through its COVID-19 guidelines and eviction moratorium, all under directors who have not been confirmed by the Sena… Continue Reading
09.15.21
ICYMI: Sullivan Discusses Briefing on Biden’s Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), spoke at a press conference yesterday with seven of his Senate colleagues after participating in a classified briefing with testimony from General Austin Scott Miller, the former commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, regarding the Biden administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sen. Sullivan also discussed the briefing with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino on Fox News Channel's America… Continue Reading
09.10.21
Alaska Delegation Responds to EPA’s Announcement to Reinstate the 404(c) Determination Process
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after the EPA announced it is seeking to reinstate the process to make a Clean Water Act Section 404(c) determination over what it the agency called an effort to "protect certain waters in Bristol Bay, Alaska." "A year ago, the Army Corps of Engineers denied a section 404 permit for the proposed Pebble mine project. This denial came after years of study, including t… Continue Reading
