Lisa Murkowski: “You do recognize that Coast Guard's role, their mission truly has expanded dramatically as we are seeing greater…”

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

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

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.

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.