Lisa Murkowski: “The National Forests were established for two reasons at the turn of the 20th Century; watershed protection and timber…”

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

Congress needs to save ourselves.

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.

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.