Lisa Murkowski: “Thank you all for being here and your focus on what we need to be doing better when it comes to accelerating in the…”

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.

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

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.

Kyle brings extensive knowledge of both our state and our court system to the federal bench, having served the District of Alaska as a federal prosecutor and U.S. Magistrate Judge, a position he has held in Alaska for the past five years.