Lisa Murkowski: “I recognize that today's hearing is about our fiscal year 2012 budget request, but most of the questions that I will…”

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.

Congress needs to save ourselves.

If a federal facility is going to be demolished, it cannot be without congressional oversight here.

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.