Lisa Murkowski: “We have gone through this battle many times... I believe that we are at that place that the Lieutenant Governor has…”

The National Science Foundation’s decision to leave the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s buoys in place is a massive win for coastal communities and fishermen around the country.

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

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