Lisa Murkowski: “We have a fundamental obligation. It's a legal obligation; it's an ethical obligation to the generation that follows us.”

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

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

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.