Press Releases
Sullivan Cosponsors Resolution Condemning China’s Aggression in the South China Sea
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) yesterday joined Senators Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) in introducing a resolution to condemn the Chinese Communist Party's actions to militarize the South China Sea, applaud members of the United States Navy and Coast Guard for their efforts to ensure freedom of navigation operations, and send a clear message that the United States will not tolerate China's extension of power into waters… Continue Reading
03.10.21
Sullivan Welcomes Planned U.S.-China Senior Diplomatic Summit in Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a top White House official briefed Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on the upcoming foreign ministers meeting between the United States and China that will take place in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday, March 18. In response to the announcement of the meeting, Senator Sullivan released the following statement: "Alaska is at the center of the strategic crossroads of the world and I am glad that the Biden administration has recognized this by selecting Anchorage as the site… Continue Reading
03.09.21
Sullivan Cosponsors Cramer’s Fair Access to Banking Act
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recently signed on as a cosponsor of the Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation introduced by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) to prevent discrimination by banks and financial service providers against constitutionally-protected industries and law-abiding businesses. "As we work to build momentum toward a robust and lasting economic recovery from this pandemic, the last thing our country needs is America's large financial institutions blacklisting w… Continue Reading
03.05.21
Murkowski, Sullivan Introduce Legislation to Help Alaska Cruise Season
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today introduced the Alaska Tourism Recovery Act to alleviate the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA) restrictions for cruise ships transporting passengers between the State of Washington and the State of Alaska. This legislation will allow cruise ships to sail to Alaska without requiring that they stop in Canada, as U.S. law normally would require. Canada's Interim Order No. 5 Respecting Passenger Vessel Restrictions Due … Continue Reading
03.05.21
Sullivan Honors Drs. Ellen Hodges and Elizabeth Bates as “Alaskans of the Week”
WASHINGTON-On the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) recognized Dr. Ellen Hodges and Dr. Elizabeth Bates, both of Bethel, for leading the nationally-renowned COVID-19 vaccination effort in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska. Under the leadership of Drs. Hodges and Bates, vaccines are being distributed to roughly 50 remote villages in the region by any means necessary, including dogsleds, snow machines, small planes and boats. According to the Centers for … Continue Reading
03.04.21
Sullivan Announces Opposition to Democrats COVID “Relief” Package
WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) voted against proceeding to consideration of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the COVID-19 relief package proposed by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats. Sullivan also announced his opposition to the bill, which is being considered through the budget reconciliation process, which allows Senate Democrats to advance the legislation without meaningful bipartisan cooperation. The bill totals $1.9 trillion, a majority of wh… Continue Reading
02.27.21
OP-ED: Even during a pandemic, the iconic Iditarod continues
by Sens. Dan Sullivan & Lisa Murkowski, and Rep. Don Young
The Iditarod - the Last Great Race - captures the imagination and the hearts of many Alaskans, as well as people around the world. Teams of mushers and their dogs racing roughly 1,000 miles across the state of Alaska toward the finish line in Nome, in some of the harshest conditions and across some of the most difficult and rugged terrain on the planet. It is quintessentially Alaskan. There are other sled dog races around the world and throughout Alaska, but the Iditarod is the most renowne… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Senators Sullivan, Markey, and Van Hollen to Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Affordable, Safe, and Healthy Transportation Options
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) yesterday announced their introduction of the Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act. This bipartisan legislation will dedicate $500 million in federal funds annually for grants to local, regional, and state government entities to connect walking and biking infrastructure into active transportation networks that allow people to reach destinations within a community, as well a… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Alaska Delegation Rebukes Fish & Wildlife Service for Misleading Public on “Failed” ANWR Polar Bear Surveys
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska) today issued a statement rebuking the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) for engaging in a bad faith permitting process with Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation (KIC), an Alaska Native Village Corporation seeking to conduct a seismic survey on land it owns within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). "We are appalled to learn that the U.S. Fish and Wildlif… Continue Reading
02.26.21
Former legislator Bud Fate remembered as Renaissance man
by Amanda Bohman
Hugh "Bud" Fate died late Thursday. The U.S. Army veteran, who used the G.I. Bill to study dentistry and brought dental care to rural Alaska, served in the Alaska Legislature representing Fairbanks in the early 2000s. While the 91-year-old lived an accomplished life, many people knew him as the husband of the late Mary Jane Fate, originally of Rampart, who co-founded the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska and the Fairbanks Native Association. She was the first woman to co-chair the Alaska… Continue Reading
02.25.21
Sullivan, Manchin Reintroduce Bill to Address Veterans’ Burn Pit Exposure
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, yesterday re-introduced the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act, legislation which addresses a barrier currently preventing many veterans from getting U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for illnesses and diseases related to exposure to burn pits. The bill would recognize and concede their exposure during deployed service. Notabl… Continue Reading
02.25.21
Sullivan, Murphy to Introduce Bill to Better Coordinate Health Care & Social Services
WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today they will be introducing the Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act, legislation that would offer grants to states to establish statewide or regional partnerships to better coordinate the work of health care and social service providers, and improve the health and well-being of Americans as a result. The senators' bill would enable states to leverage local expert… Continue Reading
02.19.21
Sullivan Named Ranking Member of Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, was announced as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing. As ranking member, Sen. Sullivan will oversee the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Mammal Commission, U.S. Global Change Research Program, and Department of Commerce Manufacturing Bureaus (MBDA, NIST-ME… Continue Reading
02.19.21
Alaska Delegation Rebukes Administration for Delaying PLO Revocation
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior postponed the revocation of public land orders (PLO) signed by former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. By removing the PLOs, the land will return to multiple-use status and there could be the potential for additional, responsible resource development on nearly 10 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) territory i… Continue Reading
02.18.21
Sullivan Again Named Lead Republican on Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday announced that U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has been selected to serve another term as the lead Republican on the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support in the 117th Congress. In his capacity as the ranking member of the SASC Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Sen. Sullivan will oversee military readiness across each branch within the Department of Defense, including training, logistics and m… Continue Reading
02.17.21
Alaska Delegation Deeply Troubled by 9th Circuit Decision to Halt Willow Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, expressed frustration and disappointment at a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision to extend a District Court's injunction, pending appeal, halting all work on the Willow project on Alaska's North Slope. The Willow project is a multi-billion dollar development proposed by ConocoPhillips in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). It is located to the west of the Gre… Continue Reading
02.16.21
Sens. Sullivan, Moran Call on VA Secretary to Conduct Inter-Agency Collaboration to Provide Care for K2 Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), ranking member of SVAC, today sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough urging him to work with Congress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to find solutions for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during their service. The letter is also signed by Senators Marsha Bla… Continue Reading
02.13.21
Sullivan Votes to Acquit Former President Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today voted "not guilty" on the article of impeachment brought against former President Donald Trump by the House of Representatives and issued the following statement: "I cast my vote today to acquit former President Trump on the single article of impeachment as a result of an extensive review of the Constitution, historical precedent, and, as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story said two centuries ago, 'a deep responsibility to future t… Continue Reading
02.13.21
Alaska Congressional Delegation Urges Canada Prime Minister to Find Common Ground on Travel Restrictions
Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, penned a letter to Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, urging him to work with the Alaska Congressional Delegation on COVID-19 travel restrictions in an effort to limit the negative impacts to Alaskan and Canadian constituents. This letter follows a February 4 announcement from the Canadian Minister of Transport on two new Interim Orders which ban pleasure craft in Canadian Arctic waters … Continue Reading
02.10.21
Sullivan, Klobuchar Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Shortage of Affordable, Quality Child Care
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act to address the national shortage of affordable, quality child care, especially in rural communities. Many families are struggling to find access to available child care, and states are continuing to experience an expansion of "child care deserts" due to the noticeable decline in the number of child care providers, which is an issue that has only been exace… Continue Reading