Lisa Murkowski: “I'm pleased to be here today to discuss wild land fire management by Federal agencies.”

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

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

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.