Sullivan, Dan S.

Led a letter with Senator Ashley Moody urging the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate improper health-care billing practices that contribute to high levels of medical debt.

June 2, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted against proceeding to a Congressional Review Act resolution that would nullify EPA's modification of the start date for PFAS reporting and recordkeeping; the motion failed 48-50.

August 5, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

As Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner, approved the exploration well for the Pikka oil development and pursued permitting and leasing changes that Sullivan later credited with helping lead to the Pikka discovery and first oil.

May 18, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Sponsored the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (S. 216), enacted as Public Law 119-65, which reauthorized the Marine Debris Program and the Marine Debris Foundation.

December 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored S.J. Res. 80, enacted as Public Law 119-47, a Congressional Review Act resolution that nullified the Bureau of Land Management's National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan and reopened reserve acreage to oil and gas leasing.

December 5, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act with Senator Murkowski, passed by the Senate in December 2022 and later signed into law, creating a task force of salmon stakeholders and scientists to develop a coordinated Pacific salmon research strategy for Alaska.

December 16, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Introduced the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, a marine-debris law signed on December 18, 2020 that created the Marine Debris Foundation and plastic-waste reduction programs.

December 18, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Joined Senator Murkowski in publicly supporting the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to deny the federal permit for the proposed Pebble Mine, calling the rejection the right decision for Bristol Bay.

November 25, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Publicly declared 'No Pebble Mine,' hardening his opposition to the proposed Pebble Mine after secretly recorded tapes showed company executives describing him as quiet on the project.

September 24, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: adn.com · researched July 2, 2026

Sponsored the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (S. 3508), enacted as Public Law 115-265, which reauthorized the NOAA Marine Debris Program and directed federal action on marine debris.

October 11, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to pass S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline approval bill, over the President's veto; the override failed 62-37 and the veto was sustained.

March 4, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of S. 1, the bill approving the Keystone XL Pipeline, which passed the Senate 62-36.

January 29, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

As Alaska attorney general, led the state's litigation defending oil and gas development on the federal outer continental shelf, winning a favorable federal court ruling on OCS development in July 2009.

July 30, 2009Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: law.alaska.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted against sustaining the objection to Arizona's 2020 presidential electors after Congress reconvened following the January 6 Capitol attack; the objection failed 6-93.

January 6, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Sponsored the PRO Veterans Act of 2025 (S. 423), enacted as Public Law 119-33, which changed budgeting procedures for the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans' services.

August 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act (S. 497), enacted as Public Law 117-121, which created the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to advise NOAA on fisheries research and development grant awards.

May 12, 2022Supports Government Efficiency

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020 (S. 2981), enacted as Public Law 116-259, which reauthorized and restructured the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.

December 23, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection Act (S. 163), enacted as Public Law 116-62, which directed the Environmental Protection Agency to revise particulate-matter emission standards for nonemergency stationary diesel engines in remote areas of Alaska.

October 4, 2019Supports Government Efficiency

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored S. 2273, enacted as Public Law 115-100, extending the exemption of fishing vessels and vessels shorter than 79 feet from federal discharge permitting requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

January 3, 2018Supports Government Efficiency

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted with Democrats and a small group of Republicans to block spending public funds on a White House ballroom and to forbid a $1.8 billion Justice Department compensation fund for people the president deems victims of political prosecution.

June 5, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: kyuk.org · researched July 2, 2026

Advocated for and announced creation of a new USDA Office of Seafood, following his 2023 National Seafood Supply Act proposal to give fishermen greater access to USDA support.

April 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted to approve the Trump administration's 2025 rescission package cancelling billions of dollars in previously appropriated foreign aid and Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.

July 21, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: adn.com · researched July 2, 2026

Voted against final passage of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act debt-ceiling bill, which passed the Senate on June 1, 2023.

June 1, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted against final Senate passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which expanded background checks for buyers under 21, funded crisis-intervention and mental-health programs, and narrowed the dating-partner gun-possession loophole; it passed 65-33.

June 23, 2022Opposes Gun Control

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, announced the Marine Corps Campaign-Alaska initiative expanding Marine rotational training and a permanent Supporting Arms Liaison Team at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

May 8, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Led a ten-year campaign for greater military refueling capacity in Alaska that culminated in the April 2026 arrival of four additional KC-135 Stratotankers and about 200 additional Air Force personnel for the Alaska Air National Guard 168th Wing.

April 8, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted for final passage of H.R. 815 as amended, the national security supplemental appropriations package providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which passed the Senate 70-29.

February 13, 2024Supports National Defense

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of S. 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024, which passed 86-11.

July 27, 2023Supports National Defense

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 budget reconciliation law, and took credit for shaping its Alaska provisions including expanded oil and gas leasing, tax cuts, the largest Coast Guard investment in history, and continued Alaska military build-up.

July 1, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted for Senate passage of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reconciliation bill, which passed 51-49.

December 2, 2017Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 5334, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, imposing sanctions and tariffs tied to Russia and extending Iran sanctions. It passed the Senate 86-11.

August 7, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: senate.gov · researched August 18, 2026

Sponsored the ARTIST Act (S. 254), enacted as Public Law 119-99, which protected the sale of authentic Alaska Native handicrafts made from legally harvested marine mammal parts.

June 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the ARTIST Act to protect legal Alaska Native walrus-ivory handicrafts; after prior unanimous Senate passage, the House passed the bill on June 3, 2026 and sent it to the President.

June 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Wrote Etsy CEO Kruti Patel Goyal demanding a policy change to preserve a sales pathway for authentic Alaska Native handicrafts made with lawfully harvested fur.

May 21, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Sponsored the POWER 2.0 Act, signed into law on December 20, 2022, making permanent the requirement that chief judges of federal judicial districts hold public events promoting pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

December 20, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: congress.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted yes at Senate passage of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, making states honor valid same-sex and interracial marriages. The Senate passed it 61-36, the House agreed, and it became Public Law 117-228 on December 13, 2022.

November 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights

Source: senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Sponsored the Due Process Protections Act (S. 1380), enacted as Public Law 116-182, which required federal judges to issue an order confirming prosecutors' obligation to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense.

October 21, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored the POWER Act, signed into law in September 2018, requiring federal judicial districts to hold annual events promoting pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

September 4, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

As commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, negotiated and publicly presented the settlement of the state's Point Thomson litigation with ExxonMobil and its partners, ending a dispute over the North Slope leases that began in 2005.

March 30, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: alaskapublic.org · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to pass H.R. 3684, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan deal putting roughly $1 trillion into roads, bridges, transit, broadband and water. The Senate passed it 69-30, the House later agreed, and it became Public Law 117-58 on November 15, 2021.

August 10, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against H. Con. Res. 86, the concurrent resolution directing the President to remove United States armed forces from unauthorized hostilities; the Senate agreed to it 50-48.

June 23, 2026Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against S.J. Res. 68, the war powers resolution directing the removal of United States forces from hostilities against Iran; the resolution passed 55-45.

February 13, 2020Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Received President Donald Trump's endorsement for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2026, after voting for the 2025 tax and spending bill and for the administration's rescission of billions in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding.

July 21, 2025

Source: adn.com · researched July 2, 2026

Named chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries for the 119th Congress, while serving as a deputy whip of the Senate Republican Conference.

February 28, 2025

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Retired from the United States Marine Corps as a colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve after 30 years of service.

February 1, 2024

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which let Medicare negotiate drug prices, capped Medicare insulin at $35 monthly and funded clean energy. The Senate split 50-50 and the Vice President broke the tie; it became Public Law 117-169 on August 16, 2022.

August 7, 2022

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; she was confirmed 53-47.

April 7, 2022

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted against invoking cloture on H.R. 3233, the bill to establish a National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex; the cloture motion was rejected on May 28, 2021.

May 28, 2021

Source: senate.gov · researched July 2, 2026

Voted not guilty on the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection; the vote was 57-43, short of conviction.

February 13, 2021

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted not guilty on Article I of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the abuse-of-power article, which failed 48-52.

February 5, 2020

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted not guilty on Article II of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the obstruction-of-Congress article, which failed 47-53.

February 5, 2020

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Introduced S. 756 as the Save Our Seas Act of 2017; the House replaced its text and the measure became the legislative vehicle for the First Step Act of 2018, enacted as Public Law 115-391, which revised federal sentencing and federal prison programming.

December 21, 2018

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to confirm Brett M. Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, confirmed 50-48.

October 6, 2018

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted to confirm Neil M. Gorsuch as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, confirmed 54-45.

April 7, 2017

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Sponsored S. 1492, enacted as Public Law 114-161, directing the General Services Administration on behalf of the Archivist of the United States to convey a federal parcel in Anchorage to the Municipality of Anchorage.

May 20, 2016

Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Voted for final passage of H.R. 1191, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, giving Congress a review period over the Iran nuclear agreement; it passed 98-1.

May 7, 2015

Source: senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Was sworn in as Alaska's eighth United States Senator.

January 6, 2015

Source: sullivan.senate.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Disclosed two stock sales after the federal deadline in violation of the STOCK Act's 45-day reporting requirement: shares of Norwegian farmed-salmon company Mowi ASA reported 93 days after the transaction and Five Below shares 65 days after; Sullivan's filing said a third party sold the inherited shares and informed him late.

November 10, 2022

Source: adn.com · researched July 2, 2026