Lisa Murkowski: “I was born in a rain forest. I was born in the Tongass National Forest in the Ketchikan General Hospital.”

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.

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

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