Lisa Murkowski: “Wouldn't one of those metrics be how many loans were getting out the door? Whether or not we're meeting the need that is…”

Where there’s opportunities to put certain guardrails in our spending bills — there are tools, there are mechanisms — we have to be diligent to it.

Alaska is a cornerstone of American defense; investments like this from the Coast Guard are critical as we work to improve infrastructure on bases across the state to maintain our national security.

Alaska is praying for those on board, their loved ones, and the team at Security Aviation.

I join Alaskans in offering condolences as we learn of the plane crash in Cape Newenham.