Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
Sullivan supports producing more energy in Alaska as a long-term way to lower energy costs for Alaskans and other Americans. He describes this approach as unleashing Alaska’s energy dominance, but does not specify particular projects or policy measures in this statement.
Context: The statement does not identify specific projects or measures.
Dan Sullivan called for a temporary moratorium on U.S. diesel exports while the conflict with Iran continues. He said the pause should help rebuild U.S. diesel reserves ahead of winter and prioritize American and Alaskan families, truckers, and fishermen over foreign buyers. He said exports should resume once the conflict is resolved and U.S. inventories return to normal ranges.
Context: The proposed pause is temporary; the stated end conditions are resolution of the conflict with Iran and U.S. inventories returning to normal ranges.
Sullivan supported establishing a pilot program to use automated shipbuilding technologies and capabilities. The program is intended to help ease workforce constraints and reduce construction times.
Context: The release does not specify the program’s scale, duration, or participating shipyards.
Sullivan supported provisions to promote domestic processing and production of critical-mineral-based magnets for military equipment and to secure domestic and allied sources of critical minerals. The bill modifies the Defense Industrial Base Fund for this purpose, with the stated concern that China controls production of resources used in U.S. defense technologies.
Context: The provisions address minerals for defense uses and include both domestic and allied sourcing; the release does not specify the fund modification’s details.
Sullivan supported a provision directing the Defense Department to set out long-term sustainment and modernization plans for the COBRA Dane radar at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, Alaska. The release describes the radar as important to U.S. missile defense and space domain awareness.
Context: The provision directs the department to outline plans; the release does not specify their contents or implementation timeline.
Sullivan supported a requirement for the Defense Secretary to provide quarterly briefings on planned spending of $115 million authorized in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act for exploring and developing existing Arctic infrastructure. The release gives the former Naval Air Station at Adak as an example of that infrastructure.
Context: The $115 million is described as funding from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act; the briefings concern planned expenditures for exploration and development of existing Arctic infrastructure.
Sullivan supported a provision in the FY 2026 defense bill that prohibits military dining facilities and commissaries from purchasing or selling seafood originating or processed in China. The release identifies helping Alaska fishermen as the provision’s purpose.
Context: The prohibition applies to seafood originating or processed in China and to military dining facilities and commissaries.
Sullivan supported the FY 2026 defense bill’s inclusion of provisions from his GOLDEN DOME Act, which would develop a modernized, layered system to detect, track, and defeat existing and evolving missile threats. The bill authorizes multi-year purchases of 10 types of missiles, including lower-cost cruise missiles and hypersonic strike systems, and seven-year authorizations for PAC-3, THAAD, and Tomahawk. It also bars caps on testing the system’s kinetic and non-kinetic components and directs the Space Force to identify alternate national launch sites.
Context: The FY 2026 NDAA had passed the Senate and was headed to the President’s desk; the release describes authorizations and directives in the bill, not completed implementation.
Dan Sullivan supported an amendment to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that would fund a more integrated missile-defense system, add interceptors and sensors, and increase research. The proposal included 28 additional ground-based interceptors at Fort Greely in Alaska. It aimed to improve tracking and interception of long-range missile threats.
Context: The source describes a proposed amendment in 2017; it does not establish that the amendment became law.
Sullivan said Alaska should continue aligning stakeholders to advance the gas line, arguing that past efforts stalled when key participants were not on board. He urged continued coordination because he believed the opportunity to sell gas in Asia would not last indefinitely. He did not endorse either the Alaska LNG project or the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline.
Context: He did not choose between the two pipeline options discussed in the interview.