Lisa Murkowski: “We need the commitment of our Federal partners, and in this area, I think we are making some progress.”

Alaska is praying for those on board, their loved ones, and the team at Security Aviation.

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.

I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in America.

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