Lisa Murkowski: “I appreciate the responses. Mr. Chairman, I have other questions but I've got another committee that I need to attend.”

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

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

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.

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.