Lisa Murkowski: “It's not going to help if we move off to our respective corners and say, I don't want to deal with it because it's too…”

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.

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

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.