Lisa Murkowski: “We would also like to thank the sponsor of this bill: Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)”

Kyle brings extensive knowledge of both our state and our court system to the federal bench, having served the District of Alaska as a federal prosecutor and U.S. Magistrate Judge, a position he has held in Alaska for the past five years.

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.

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

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