Mark Begich: “As a former mayor, if I had my purchasing department have a record like that, a high percentage of them would not be…”

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?

Implementing the Affordable Care Act eclipsed things.

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

It has been an honor to be here.