Press Releases
Sullivan Recognizes Fairbanks Philanthropist Jay Ramras as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Fairbanks native Jay Ramras on the Senate floor yesterday. For decades, Jay has invested in his community through the preservation of historical landmarks and support for his fellow Alaskans, volunteering his time and resources to charitable causes, and fostering a thriving Jewish community in the Last Frontier. Jay was recognized as part of Sen. Sullivan’s series, “Alaskan of the Week.” Click here or the image above to watch Sen. Sul… Continue Reading
04.11.25
ICYMI: KTUU Highlights Sullivan Effort to Secure $25 Million Investment in Alaska Aviation Safety
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement of a $25 million investment in Alaska aviation safety from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in an interview with Alaska’s News Source yesterday. This investment is the result of a Sullivan-authored provision in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorizing $25 million annually for the Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative (DYAASI) from FY 2025 through 2028. The investment includes the increase of satellite… Continue Reading
04.11.25
INDOPACOM Commander Recommends Reopening Adak Naval Base in Alaska
WASHINGTON—Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday, endorsed reopening the shuttered Adak Naval Air Station in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and increasing the operability of the nearby Eareckson Air Station. Paparo’s support came in response to questions posed by U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), who has long pushed to reopen Adak as part of the larger build-up of U.S. military a… Continue Reading
04.10.25
Sullivan Legislation for VA Accountability Passes Senate
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), celebrated the passage of the Protecting Regular Order (PRO) for Veterans Act in the Senate. Sen. Sullivan, along with 10 of his Senate colleagues, introduced the legislation to establish greater accountability and oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after a stunning multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall in 2024 followed by a multi-billion-dollar surplus two months later. T… Continue Reading
04.09.25
Delegation Welcomes $25 Million FAA Investment in Alaska Aviation Safety
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today welcomed a $25 million investment in Alaska aviation safety by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as part of the FAA’s Don Young Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative (DYAASI). This investment is a result of a Sullivan provision in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorizing $25 million annually for DYAASI from FY 2025 through 2028. The initiative was established by the FAA in respon… Continue Reading
04.03.25
Sullivan, Graham, and Blumenthal Introduce Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions
WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) this week introduced legislation with primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and global actors supporting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. These sanctions would be imposed if Russia refuses to engage in good faith negotiations for a lasting peace with Ukraine or initiates another effort, including military invasion, that undermines… Continue Reading
03.28.25
Sullivan and Peters Introduce Resolution to Preserve Independent USPS
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to support the independence and critical public service mission of the United States Postal Service, emphasizing the essential role the Postal Service has played in connecting and serving Americans, especially in rural communities. Sens. Sullivan and Peters were joined in introducing the resolution by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.… Continue Reading
03.26.25
Delegation Hails AIDEA’s Coastal Plain Court Victory
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Representative Nick Begich, (all R-Alaska) today issued the following statements after the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska ruled that the Biden administration illegally canceled seven leases in the non-wilderness Coastal Plain of ANWR in 2023. The leases were bid on, won, and held by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), which filed the successful court challenge. “As we wrote the Coastal Pla… Continue Reading
03.20.25
Sullivan Shares Vision of Seizing Economic Opportunities for Alaska’s Future in Address to Legislature
JUNEAU, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today delivered his annual address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau, outlining an optimistic vision for Alaska’s future focused on growing the state’s private sector economy, creating good-paying jobs for Alaska’s families, and uniting to seize the enormous economic opportunities available to the state. “This is a vision that I believe everybody in this room supports,” said Sen. Sullivan. “It’s a vision arising from our f… Continue Reading
03.20.25
Delegation Commends Secretary Burgum’s Announcements on NPR-A, Coastal Plain, and PLOs
JUNEAU, ALASKA—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Representative Nick Begich, (all R-Alaska) today commended Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum for announcing three initial decisions that will restore access to federal lands, facilitate long-overdue land conveyances, and boost responsible resource production in Alaska. The decisions further President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential. Through them, Secretary Burgum has… Continue Reading
03.19.25
Sullivan Statement on NTSB Preliminary Report on Bering Air Crash
JUNEAU, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement regarding the release of a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the Bering Air crash in February that took the lives of 10 Alaskans: “I was recently briefed by the NTSB Chairwoman, Jennifer Homendy, on the findings of this preliminary report and it’s important to emphasize that it’s still preliminary. … Continue Reading
03.14.25
Sullivan, Cornyn & Colleagues Introduce Outbound Investment Legislation to Counter China
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 11 other senators have introduced the Foreign Investment Guardrails to Help Thwart (FIGHT) China Act, which would safeguard the United States’ national security against the growing threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by prohibiting and requiring notification of U.S. investment in certain technologies in China. “Our country’s investments in innov… Continue Reading
03.14.25
Sullivan, Murkowski, Colleagues Reintroduce Volcano Warning and Monitoring Legislation
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a domestic program focused on detecting and warning about volcanic threats. Their bill will enable the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to continue to improve its volcano monitoring and early warning capabilities around the country. “Our state constitutes the northern flank of the Pacific Ring… Continue Reading
03.12.25
Sullivan Introduces Legislation to Overturn Onerous EV Mandates Leftover from Biden Administration
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), introduced legislation as part of a comprehensive legislative package to roll back disastrous Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) mandates. The Freedom to Haul Act safeguards the trucking industry from impractical and costly mandates by preventing the implementation of the Biden Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles - Phas… Continue Reading
03.07.25
Sullivan, Hirono Introduce Legislation to Require VA Call Centers in Rural States
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC), introduced the Representing VA with Accuracy (REP VA) Act to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide rural states, such as Alaska and Hawaii, with an in-state call center to provide state-specific support for veterans seeking heath care appointments. This legislation follows years of work by Sen. Sullivan on this issue, including a recent … Continue Reading
03.06.25
Sullivan, Murkowski Seek to Extend Alaska Native Vietnam-Era Veterans Allotment Program
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) have re-introduced legislation to extend the Alaska Native Vietnam-Era Veterans Land Allotment Program for five additional years. Without such an extension, the program will expire in December 2025 and potentially leave well over a thousand eligible Alaska Native Vietnam veterans and their heirs without their rightful land allotments. “While serving their country during the Vietnam War era, many Alaska Native veterans miss… Continue Reading
03.05.25
Trump Touts Alaska LNG as a Top Priority of New Administration
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today celebrated President Donald Trump’s endorsement of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project as a top priority of his new administration in the President’s joint address to Congress last night. Sen. Sullivan has been a relentless advocate for the Alaska LNG Project as an opportunity to provide abundant, clean-burning, low-cost energy to Alaskans, promote American energy security, and deepen America’s alliances with its Indo-Pacific part… Continue Reading
03.03.25
Sullivan Votes for Bill to Protect Women and Girls in Sports, Blocked by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) voted to advance the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, legislation that would protect hard-fought Title IX protections for women by prohibiting federal funds from going to schools and universities that allow biological males to compete against female athletes in sports or other activities designated for women or girls. The bill would codify President Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Executive Order that was signed into law on … Continue Reading
02.28.25
Senator Sullivan Applauds Swift Implementation of Social Security Fairness Act
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) applauded the announcement made by the Social Security Administration this week that retroactive payments will begin immediately for individuals unfairly affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These payments are a result of the Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law on January 5, 2025 to provide full Social Security benefits for millions of public servants impacted by these provisions. The i… Continue Reading
02.28.25
Senator Dan Sullivan Announces Leadership Roles in 119th Congress
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced his leadership roles for the 119th Congress: deputy whip for the Senate Republican Conference, chair of the Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, and chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation (CST) Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries. “The new Senate Republican majority has a great opportunity to enact President Trump’s agenda to unleash American energy, build up o… Continue Reading