Mark Begich: “I appreciate you all being here. I am anxious for your comments.”

Thank you for your work and efforts to repeal Section 910 of the Violence Against Women Act.

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.

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