Press Releases
Alaska Delegation Works to Remove Barrier to Small Business Opportunities
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), have introduced legislation to remove the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) “bona fide place of business” requirement, which would make 8(a) small business contractors—including disabled-veteran-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses, and Alaska Native Corporations—ineligible for certain government co… Continue Reading
04.28.23
Sullivan, Rick Scott Introduce DIRTY CAR EV Act to Reveal Truth Behind Carbon Footprint of Electric Vehicles
WASHINGTON—Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Barrasso (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Directing Independent Research To Yield Carbon Assessment Regarding Electric Vehicles (DIRTY CAR EV) Act to require the Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to conduct a study on the true carbon footprint of electric vehicles and … Continue Reading
04.26.23
Sullivan, Baldwin Lead Bipartisan Bill to Train More Commercial Pilots, Bolster Pilot Supply
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) introduced bipartisan legislation to support and strengthen the aviation workforce by breaking down barriers for Americans looking to become commercial pilots. The Flight Education Access Act supports the pipeline of highly qualified pilots in the aviation workforce by providing additional financial support for prospective aviation students. “Pilots are the ultimate ‘essential workers,’ f… Continue Reading
04.25.23
Sullivan Raises Alarm Over Biden Administration Telling Military To Prioritize Climate Agenda, Not Readiness
WASHINGTON-In an interview on Fox News Channel, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), raised alarm over the Biden administration's political appointees in the Department of Defense (DOD) prioritizing their climate agenda over military readiness and lethality. Senator Sullivan's interview occurred a week after he questioned Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro and Assistant Navy Secretary Meredith Berger on why the Navy is breaking a statutory mandate … Continue Reading
04.20.23
Murkowski, Sullivan Reintroduce Bruce’s Law in Effort to Combat Fentanyl Crisis
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today reintroduced Bruce’s Law to bolster federal prevention and education efforts surrounding fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that is increasingly being incorporated into illicit street drugs. The measure is named after an Alaskan, Robert “Bruce” Snodgrass, who tragically passed away in 2021 at the age of 22 from fentanyl poisoning. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Tammy… Continue Reading
04.20.23
Sullivan, Colleagues Introduce FISH Act to Combat Illegal Foreign Seafood Harvest
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced S.1227, the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act, legislation to combat foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by blacklisting offending vessels from U.S. ports and waters, bolstering the U.S. Coast Guard’s enforcement capabilities, and advancing international and bi… Continue Reading
04.20.23
Alaska Congressional Delegation Welcomes Ruling to Deny Injunction Against Willow Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today welcomed a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision to deny an injunction requested by environmental groups against Alaska’s Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A). “Alaska is unique when it comes to most things, including the construction and development of a project like Willow. We aren’t… Continue Reading
04.17.23
Sullivan Calls For Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza and All Other Political Prisoners in Russia
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), released the following statement after Vladimir Kara-Murza, a pro-democracy Russian statesman, was sentenced to 25 years in prison: “I strongly condemn the completely unjust sentencing of 25 years in prison for Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent advocate for democracy in Russia, for his criticism of Vladimir Putin&#… Continue Reading
04.05.23
Sullivan, Ernst, Kelly Meet With President of Taiwan in New York City
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today issued the following statements regarding their meeting with the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen which occurred Friday, March 31 in New York City. "I was honored to lead a strong bipartisan group of U.S. Senators to meet with President Tsai and show our ongoing support for the island democracy of Taiwan," Senator Sullivan said. "The d… Continue Reading
04.03.23
Alaska Delegation Welcomes Ruling Upholding Willow Record of Decision
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska), today welcomed a federal judge’s decision denying a preliminary injunction requested by Lower 48 environmental groups against Alaska’s Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska (NPR-A). The Willow Project was reapproved by the Biden administration on March 13 after years of litigation and environmental review, and following a united … Continue Reading
03.31.23
Sullivan Statement on Indictment of Former President Trump
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement in response to the indictment of former President Donald Trump. “The indictment of a former president and current candidate for the White House is unprecedented and will almost certainly do lasting damage to our polarized nation. Both local and federal prosecutors have previously declined to bring charges. Any criminal indictment of a former president should involve a serious crime with credible, airtig… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, 52 Other Senators Pass Resolution Overturning Biden WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and 52 of his Senate colleagues today passed legislation, introduced by EPW Ranking Member Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), to overturn President Biden’s overreaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. “We have become a red tape nation,” said Senator Sullivan. “The United States once unleashed American ingenuity and grit to build stru… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, Gallagher Reintroduce S.T.A.N.D. with Taiwan Act
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), today re-introduced the Sanctions Targeting Aggressors of Neighboring Democracies (STAND) with Taiwan Act of 2023, which would impose crippling, comprehensive economic and financial sanctions on Chin… Continue Reading
03.29.23
Sullivan, Padilla Bill to Increase Federal Funding to Better Respond to and Suppress Wildfires Advances in Senate
WASHINGTON—Today, bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) advanced out of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC). The Fire Suppression and Response Funding Assurance Act would improve the federal government’s response to wildfire disasters by ensuring state and local fire suppression assets that are pre-deployed are eligible for FEMA’s Fire Management Assistance Grant… Continue Reading
03.28.23
SPEECH: Sullivan Speaks on Iranian Aggression, Potential AUMF Repeal
WASHINGTON--Madam President, we are debating, last week and this week, the authorization for the use of military force authority that was granted in 2002, which is a really important debate that we are seeing right here on the Senate floor. By the way, it is a good-faith argument. There are Members on both sides of the aisle making different arguments. There is not a topic, in my view, more important than the issues at stake here--how to use military force; when to use military… Continue Reading
03.15.23
Sullivan: Before Willow Approval, I Asked President Biden: How Can You Lift Sanctions On Venezuela and Not Let Alaska Produce?
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday told John Roberts on Fox News' "America Reports" that, prior to the Biden administration's approval of the Willow Project, he asked President Biden how he could justify lifting sanctions on Venezuela while shutting down energy production in Alaska. "The one thing that I actually mentioned to the president, I mention it to every Biden administration official, and they've never been able to answer it, even the ones who supposedly care abou… Continue Reading
03.14.23
Sullivan: Haaland’s Latest King Cove Road Decision Is a Disingenuous, Purposeful Delay
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced she would be withdrawing a land exchange between the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation. The land exchange, which is currently under review by theNinth Circuit, would allow the construction of a gravel road providing residents of King Cove access to critical life-saving emergency services. "This decision is the latest act in Secretary Haaland's dising… Continue Reading
03.13.23
Sullivan Welcomes AUKUS Nuclear Sub Agreement, Calls for Further Congressional Briefings
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today welcomed an agreement between the leaders of AUKUS-the trilateral security pact between the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom-to provide Australia with three American Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, and to deploy U.S. and British submarines in rotations through Western Australia in the coming years. Sen. Sullivan also called on the Biden administration to brief congressi… Continue Reading
03.13.23
Delegation: Willow Reapproval is Monumental for Alaska
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) today welcomed the Biden administration's decision to reapprove ConocoPhillips' Willow Project within Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA). After litigation, a court remand, years of supplemental environmental analysis, and a united statewide push in strong support, the administration's final Record of Decision reapproves an economically viable three-pad project. "We finally… Continue Reading
03.09.23
Sullivan, Daines & Nehls Reintroduce RED Tape Act
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Representative Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) reintroduced The RED (Regulations Endanger Democracy) Tape Act this week. The legislation would help rein in the administrative state and grow our country's economy by freezing the growing number of federal regulations promulgated each year. If the legislation is enacted, a federal agency would be required to remove a regulation from the Code of Federal Regulations for every ne… Continue Reading
