Lisa Murkowski: “I personally think it was a tragedy that we could not keep her.”

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.

This is an individual that is not only qualified for this position, he is ready to hit the ground running as a U.S. District Court judge.

Congress needs to save ourselves.