Lisa Murkowski: “if the view is rather than including funding in a budget proposal that would really help facilitate capital improvements…”

Alaskan communities continue to face an increasing number of damaging natural disasters, including catastrophic flooding, coastal erosion, severe storms, landslides, wildfires, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and permafrost thaw.

I will continue to champion this program and work with the Department to ensure this funding is administered more expeditiously going forward.

The Senate has leverage over the fund only because Blanche's nomination is pending.

It’s tough to say that that the agreement is one that leaves Iran in a worse place, and the United States in a better place.