Lisa Murkowski: “The addition that Senator Murkowski has included in the Senate 2016 Interior Appropriations bill.”

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.

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

Alaska is praying for those on board, their loved ones, and the team at Security Aviation.