Mark Begich: “You would actually see...the debt ceiling does not have anything to do with limiting spending.”

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?

How we approach this mental health system for the VA cannot be in isolation of the mental health system of this country.

It has been an honor to be here.

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