Mark Begich: “To have a veteran come from a small village in Alaska to have to deal with their case in this body here in Washington…”

The 477 tribes across this country agree with Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Mark Begich in pushing Congress to amend the original law.

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

We have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us.

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?