Press Releases
Sullivan & Senate Colleagues Urge President Not to Revoke Title 42 Immigration Powers
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) signed on this week as a cosponsor of the Securing the Homeland from International Entrants with Life-threatening Diseases Act, or SHIELD Act, legislation introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to codify the previous administration's public health order under Title 42 that required U.S. border officials to promptly remove illegal immigrants to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Biden administration is reportedly considering revoking Title 42. U.S. … Continue Reading
07.15.21
Alaska Delegation Responds to USDA “Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy”
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statements after the Biden administration announced it will seek to revoke the Tongass National Forest's full exemption from the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (Roadless Rule), granted under the previous administration, and also further diminish the supply available for a viable timber industry. This announcement is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Sout… Continue Reading
07.13.21
Sullivan, Portman, Sinema, Manchin Introduce Bill to Improve Federal Permitting Process, Create Jobs
WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, a bill to improve the federal permitting process for some of the largest infrastructure projects and build on efforts to update this process in 2015. "If we are going to grow our economy, build out vital infrastructure, and provide good-paying jobs for hard-working Americans, it's critical that we provide more c… Continue Reading
07.02.21
Sullivan & Bipartisan Group of Senators to Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Telehealth Services
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) led a bipartisan group of senators-including Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)-in announcing the introduction of their Rural and Frontier Telehealth Expansion Act. The bipartisan legislation would increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) funding for telehealth services in frontier states, or states with limited access to … Continue Reading
07.02.21
Sens. Sullivan, Rubio, Warner, Colleagues Send Bipartisan Letter to Ambassador Tai Highlighting Importance of Reconvening Trade Talks With Taiwan
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in sending a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai, highlighting the importance of reconvening trade agreement talks with Taiwan. Sen. Sullivan recently led a bipartisan visit to East Asia that included a stop in Taipei where the delegation announced the allocation of 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines for the people of Taiwan. "We respectfully request that you pr… Continue Reading
06.30.21
Delegation Welcomes Over $20 Million in Funding to Improve Rural Alaska Airport Infrastructure
WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded over $20 million to the Robert Curtis Memorial Airport in Noorvik and the Togiak Airport in Togiak Village. The funding was made available under the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP), which allocates funding for airports to make capital improvements, enhance public safety, and restore aging or debilitated infrastructu… Continue Reading
06.26.21
Sullivan Honors Lydia Jacoby as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Lydia Jacoby, of Seward, a young Alaskan swimmer who will be representing the United States at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July. Jacoby, just 17 years old, recently swam the season's second-fastest women's 100-meter in the world at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Sen. Sullivan recognized Jacoby as part of his series, "Alaskan of the Week." TRIBUTE TO LYDIA JACOBY Madam Presi… Continue Reading
06.25.21
Sullivan, Senate Colleagues Call on Biden to Prioritize National Defense
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), led a press conference yesterday with several of his Senate Republican colleagues, including SASC Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), calling on President Joe Biden to prioritize national defense and homeland security in the administration's budget proposals. According to the Washington Post, the president's $6 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 budget request increases discretionary funding dramatically f… Continue Reading
06.25.21
Supreme Court Rules Alaska Native Corporations Eligible for CARES Act Tribal Relief
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today welcomed a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation that upholds the decades-long inclusion of Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) as "Indian tribes" under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA)-also known as ISDEAA, confirming ANC eligibility for the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) tribal set-aside within Title V of … Continue Reading
06.24.21
Sullivan, King, Gallagher & Luria Launch Arctic Security Initiative Act
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine), along with Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) and Elaine Luria (D-Va.) in the House of Representatives, today introduced the Arctic Security Initiative Act of 2021, legislation requiring the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct a security assessment of the Arctic region and establish an Arctic Security Initiative (ASI) with a five-year plan to fully resource the DOD and individual service-specific strategies for t… Continue Reading
06.22.21
Sullivan Calls on Biden to Withdraw BLM Nominee Tied to Eco-terrorism
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) last night called on President Joe Biden to withdraw his nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Sen. Sullivan argued that Stone-Manning is unfit to serve due to her troubling history with Earth First!, a radical environmental group involved in eco-terrorist activities, like tree spiking. On Monday, the former BLM director during the Obama administration, Bob Abbey, called on Stone-M… Continue Reading
06.11.21
Alaska Delegation Responds to Biden Administration Actions to Suppress SE Alaska’s Economy
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Biden administration published its Agenda of Regulatory Actions calling for repeal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule, published in October 2020, "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska," to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. "In Southeast Alaska, where the … Continue Reading
06.11.21
Sullivan Honors Michael Martinez as “Alaskan of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Michael Martinez, of Anchorage, a young Alaskan innovator, the winner of several prestigious science awards and competitions, and a student at the University of Alaska Anchorage and the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program. Martinez, just 21 years old, is currently working on a new sustainable method of extracting rare-earth elements, resources that are critically important to all aspects … Continue Reading
06.11.21
Sullivan Talks Taiwan Visit, Infrastructure Negotiations on Fox Business
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke with Maria Bartiromo this week on Fox Business Network about stalled infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans, and the senator and two of his Senate colleagues' recent visit to South Korea and Taiwan in which the delegation announced the allocation of 750,000 American vaccines for the people of Taiwan. TRANSCRIPT BARTIROMO: Joining me right now is Alaska senator, a member of the Senate Arme… Continue Reading
06.10.21
Sullivan, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Support Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced legislation to amend the Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans Land Allotment program, making an additional 3.7 million acres of federal land in the National Wildlife Refuge System available for selection. The legislation was developed based on a recommendation from then-Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and will help to further rectify a longstanding injustice that has impacted Alaska Native veterans that s… Continue Reading
06.09.21
DoD Announces Establishment of Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young (both R-Alaska) today applauded the Department of Defense's (DoD) announcement that it is establishing the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, an initiative that the Alaska delegation has worked to both authorize and appropriate funding for. The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed in December 2020, included an amendment to establish a new regional DoD center - the first DoD regional center in the Arcti… Continue Reading
06.07.21
Sens. Sullivan, Duckworth & Coons Reaffirm U.S.-ROK Alliance in Bipartisan Visit to South Korea
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, along with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a combat veteran who served in the Reserve forces for 23 years and a member of SASC, and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, participated in a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) visit to South Korea, where they discussed shared interests and future… Continue Reading
06.07.21
Sens. Sullivan, King, Cortez Masto, Schatz & Murkowski Introduce Visit America Act
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Angus King (I-Maine), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently introduced S. 1974, the Visit America Act, which would formally authorize the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board and create an assistant secretary position within the Department of Commerce focused on bolstering America's travel and tourism industry and coordinating a strategy across multiple federal agencies by establishin… Continue Reading
06.06.21
Sens. Sullivan, Duckworth & Coons Visit Taipei to Underscore U.S. Support for Taiwan, Announce Allocation of 750,000 Vaccine Doses to Taiwan
TAIPEI, TAIWAN-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, along with Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a combat veteran who served in the Reserve forces for 23 years and a member of SASC, and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to Taipei to underscore U.S. support for Taiwan, including on combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The delegation highligh… Continue Reading
06.01.21
Alaska Delegation, Governor Rebuke Biden Administration For Cancelling Lawful ANWR Leases
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Congressman Don Young, and Governor Mike Dunleavy (all R-Alaska) today criticized the U.S. Department of the Interior for announcing it will suspend all oil and gas leases for portions of the non-wilderness Coastal Plain (1002 Area) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), pending the outcome of another environmental review. The leases were issued in January pursuant to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which authorized respons… Continue Reading