Mark Begich: “When I look at the women-owned business in 1 year alone, they grew almost double.”

I want to make sure my colleagues hear exactly what you are saying, so a couple years from now, we do not hear complaints that, geez, why did you not do it?

All we want to do is fix it for Alaska Native people. That is all.

That is actually an old model. That is a model that we are trying to get rid of.

We specifically extend our appreciation to Senator Murkowski and Senator Begich for their support and efforts to repeal the Alaska exception of the Violence Against Women Act.