Mark Begich: “I've worked extensively with TRICARE Management Activity and the Services to improve access to care.”

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.

Just assuming the private sector is going to absorb all this is not realistic.

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

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?