Lisa Murkowski: “You are basically pulling everything back to Washington, DC for a political review.”

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.

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.

His extensive experience, professionalism, and judicial temperament make him exceptionally well-qualified for this role.

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