Lisa Murkowski: “I do think it is good, Madame Chairman, that we have been able to schedule this hearing this morning to consider the…”

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.

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

Congress needs to save ourselves.

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.