Lisa Murkowski: “It speaks to the lack of resources for education, for treatment, for preventive services and public safety in Alaska…”

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

If a federal facility is going to be demolished, it cannot be without congressional oversight here.

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.

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.